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with apt you should be able to set `ensure =&gt; purge,` which will remove the package and any deps that it pulled in that aren't in use by other packages.

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Is this still correct to use with apt?
`node 'puppet.puppetlab.local' {`
    `package { 'nginx':`
        `ensure =&gt; 'purge',`
    `}`
`}`

This is what I get when I  just try the `ensure =&gt; 'purge'`

if i do an `absent` it will just remove the bottom one, but not the rest

your underlying package manager should handle removing leafs

but  that is my question.  How do i remove package and dependencies with puppet?

the  package manager is `apt` and the `autoremove`  would be the option....but how to call that with pupet?

Not an expert on apt. it even says on your screen it's not stable :slightly_smiling_face:

```exec { "remove-leafes"
  command =&gt; "apt-get -y autoremove",
  refreshonly =&gt; true,
}```
You can notify exec ?

the `stable` message is just be grepping from `apt list` that's it

I did try the `exec` method too, but had other issues.  I'll try again in a min though.

purged will work, but it's picky about the deps. My guess is that `nginx` pull in `nginx-core` or some such and that package actually has the deps. purging `ngnix` by itself likely doesn't go deep enough.

Might be simpler to set autoremove, recommands and suggested packages to your liking in /etc/apt/ which should avoid needing to do anything other than set `ensure =&gt; absent,` when you remove a package.

should be able to set those policies using Puppet's apt module.

Thanks for your help...all.  I posted in main channel what I did for now.