$ sudo apt-get purge gcc-4.6-base
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  qt-components-base-theme libwildmidi0 liblcms1 wireless-tools
  libgoocanvas-common libopenjpeg2 libvorbisenc2
  ttf-bpg-georgian-fonts cpio libmpfr1ldbl libtvout-ctl patch
  libxinerama1 libmpc2
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  %a long list of packages% 
WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed.
This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
  apt libgcc1 (due to apt) libstdc++6 (due to apt) dpkg perl-base
  (due to dpkg) e2fsprogs e2fslibs (due to e2fsprogs) libblkid1 (due
  to e2fsprogs) libuuid1 (due to e2fsprogs) grep-gnu
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 848 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
After this operation, 990MB disk space will be freed.
You are about to do something potentially harmful.
To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
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