On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 08:50:10PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > hello! > > as happens in any computer system, i have so many packages installed on > my debian 3.0 system - and i do not use all of them! > > i will like to delete the ones i do not need and can be safely deleted. > > is there a method of knowing that packages that can be safely removed? > typically, these will be packages on which no other packages depend. deborphan: 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. -- Karl E. Jørgensen karl@jorgensen.com www.karl.jorgensen.com ==== Today's fortune: Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge. -- Erwin Knoll
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