add/remove ?

[bigvoo]

I want to start purging stuff I dont use, I noticed that if I try to uncheck a box for install, it never goes away, and constantly keeps saying " update available" well tonight i installled one called libcurl3, and when i go to add/remove, it's not there ? how do i find this thing ?

[D-cat]

The "Add/Remove" is about package groups. Use the Synaptic Package Manager (or Adept if you have Kubuntu) to manage individual packages.

[Fantaman]

try with
apt-get update
apt-get install libcurl3*

[devils casper]

Execute this

sudo apt-get clean all
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Above code will update all available upgrades.