On Fri, Jan 04, 2019 at 10:42:57AM +0000, Brian wrote: > 2. Then go through > > dpkg -l | less > > line by line, asking "do I really need that?". I'd not bother with > looking at the library packages. Tedious? Yes, like tidying the boot > of a car.
There are some tools that will show you the packages sorted by size. I wrote one in perl a couple decades ago: https://wooledge.org/~greg/ds There are other, fancier ones, but I still like mine.
