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Should I remove libraries from lintian and x86_64-linux-gnu directory?

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I have some libraries namely related to libboost. I would like to remove it completely. But, even after doing apt-get purge, some files are still present in directories /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu, /usr/share/lintian/overrides/ and /usr/share/doc/. Should I remove them, if so is there any procedure about how to remove these files?

I have the following files:

libboost_atomic.so.1.58.0
libboost-chrono1.58.0
libboost_chrono.so.1.58.0
libboost-context1.58.0
libboost_context.so.1.58.0
libboost-coroutine1.58.0
libboost_coroutine.so.1.58.0
libboost-date-time1.58.0
libboost_date_time.so.1.58.0
libboost-filesystem1.58.0
libboost_filesystem.so.1.58.0
libboost-graph1.58.0
libboost-graph-parallel1.58.0
libboost_graph_parallel.so.1.58.0
libboost_graph.so.1.58.0
libboost-iostreams1.58.0
libboost_iostreams.so.1.58.0
libboost-locale1.58.0
libboost_locale.so.1.58.0
libboost-log1.58.0
libboost_log_setup.so.1.58.0
libboost_log.so.1.58.0
libboost-math1.58.0
libboost_math_c99f.so.1.58.0
libboost_math_c99l.so.1.58.0
libboost_math_c99.so.1.58.0
libboost_math_tr1f.so.1.58.0
libboost_math_tr1l.so.1.58.0
libboost_math_tr1.so.1.58.0
libboost-mpi1.58.0
libboost-mpi-python1.58.0
libboost_mpi_python-py27.so.1.58.0
libboost_mpi_python-py35.so.1.58.0
libboost_mpi.so.1.58.0
libboost_prg_exec_monitor.so.1.58.0
libboost-program-options1.58.0
libboost_program_options.so.1.58.0
libboost-python1.58.0
libboost_python-py27.so.1.58.0
libboost_python-py35.so.1.58.0
libboost-random1.58.0
libboost_random.so.1.58.0
libboost-regex1.58.0
libboost_regex.so.1.58.0
libboost-serialization1.58.0
libboost_serialization.so.1.58.0
libboost-signals1.58.0
libboost_signals.so.1.58.0
libboost-system1.58.0
libboost_system.so.1.58.0
libboost-test1.58.0
libboost-thread1.58.0
libboost_thread.so.1.58.0
libboost-timer1.58.0
libboost_timer.so.1.58.0
libboost_unit_test_framework.so.1.58.0
libboost-wave1.58.0
libboost_wave.so.1.58.0
libboost_wserialization.so.1.58.0

Edit: This is not the same question as this. In this question I am asking whether I can safely remove files/shared libs from /usr/share/lintian/overrides/ and /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu. If so, how? Clarification: sudo apt-get purge libboost-date-time1.58.0 will also remove files like libreoffice-calc*, libreoffice-core*, libreoffice-draw*, libreoffice-gnome*, libreoffice-gtk*, libreoffice-help-en-us*, libreoffice-impress*, libreoffice-math* and some more files which seem important!

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N0rbert
You should be careful with such removals. Deb packages depend on each other. Why do you need to remove these packages?
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I want to install latest libboost libraries! The ones which I currently have here are of version 1.58.0!
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N0rbert
What is your Ubuntu version? Why you tag question with 16.04?
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A J
Yes my ubuntu version is 16.04!
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N0rbert
Your Ubuntu version is EOL, so not supported on this site. You have to upgrade it latest 20.04 LTS version. Here you will get [boost 1.71](https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=all&arch=any&searchon=names&keywords=libboost-all-dev).
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