[plug] Debian Package Management

[Russell Steicke]

On Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 01:01:18PM +0930, Onno Benschop wrote:
> So, how are you supposed to deal with the following scenario:
> 
>    apt-get install a
>    => a requires b and c, so they get installed
> 
>    apt-get --purge remove a
>    => a gets removed, but b and c are still lying around

deborphan (yes, another package) can help with some of this.

  Description: Find orphaned libraries
   deborphan finds "orphaned" packages on your system.
   It determines which packages have no other packages
   depending on their installation, and shows you a list of
   these packages. It is most useful when finding libraries,
   but it can be used on packages in all sections.



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Russell Steicke

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