I frequently find myself interested in trying out a few different packages to solve a problem, to find out which one I prefer, and compare their benefits. A trivial example might be comparing emacs, vim, atom, nano, sublime, etc. Sometimes I also want to download a large package, but only use it for the day, and have it uninstall later.
When doing this, I sometimes lose track of the several packages I installed. This is annoying, as I eventually end up with clutter that I'm not using, and am not sure if I need any more.
Is there any way to use apt, or another package manager, which will allow me to mark a package I've installed as temporary so that it will either:
- Be removed when I reboot
- Be removed when I
autoclean/autoremove - Be removed after a certain duration
I'm aware that packages can be marked as manually or automatically installed with apt, and this can sometimes allow them to be autoremoved.
Would this work as I expect it to?
Is this recommended?
Do I have any other options?
