should we remove this?

shoulduninstall.py

#!/usr/bin/python3

import apt
import sys


def should_we_remove(pkg_name):
    cache = apt.cache.Cache()

    try:
        pkg = cache[pkg_name]
    except KeyError:
        return False

    # If pkg itself is not installed or is manually installed, we leave it
    # alone
    if not (pkg.installed and pkg.is_auto_installed):
        return False

    pkg.mark_delete()

    for pkg in cache.get_changes():
        # If this resulted in anything else that the user manually installed
        # being uninstalled too, they wanted the package, so keep it.
        if (
            pkg.is_installed
            and not pkg.is_auto_installed
            and pkg.marked_delete
            and pkg.name != pkg_name
        ):
            ret = False
            break
    else:
        ret = True

    # Don't really do it
    cache.clear()

    return ret


if __name__ == "__main__":
    print(f"Should we remove {sys.argv[1]}? {should_we_remove(sys.argv[1])}")