Notice that deborphan reports only on libraries, not other packages. To see a full list of undependent packages use deborphan -a.
With this option you have to manually select packages for removal. Automatic way is dangarous. I'd also won't do 'deborphan | xargs apt-get remove -y' since the -y will not let me confirm the removal. But I'd have added --purge to the command. meaning: deborphan | xargs apt-get --purge remove Good luck. > On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 12:17:51PM +0200, Kfir Lavi wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hi, >> I'm running debian sarge. >> I have installed some packages in the past, and i want to uninstall >> them. >> Every package usualy install some dependencies packages. >> what i want is a tool to check this dependencies and remove the packages >> that >> no package needs them. >> I know there is something like this in debian, but i can't find it. > > For starters you'll have to install yet another package. But it is not > so big, so it is worth it. > > apt-get install deborphan > > Now examine orphan packages: > > deborphan > > man deborphan for more aggressive options. > > to remove all the packages: > > deborphan | xargs apt-get remove -y > > -- > Tzafrir Cohen +---------------------------+ > http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir/ |vim is a mutt's best friend| > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +---------------------------+ > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
