Re: Remove unnecessary libs
On 17-Aug-01, 09:20 (CDT), "Karl E. Jorgensen" <karl@jorgensen.com> wrote:
> apt-get install deborphan
>
> deborphan will (by default) list out libs that are not used by any
> installed packages - "orphaned" libraries.
>
> Having dpkg remove orphaned libraries by default is probably *not*
> desirable - only the administrator knows whether he's going to
> re-install package X in 5 minutes time. And he wouldn't be too please by
> having to re-download the library that just dissapeared...
Also, deborphan can't determine that a library is not being used by
local software.
Steve
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