Re: Listing Package dependencies
Josh Guffin <guffin@inbox.ru> schrieb:
> Hi, is there a way to list only the packages with no dependencies?
> Or, some other useful way to find packages that got installed because
> of other packages that aren't there anymore?
deborphan is the package you want.
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| 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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debfoster might also be of interest for you.
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| debfoster is a wrapper program for apt and dpkg. When first run, it
| will ask you which of the installed packages you want to keep
| installed.
| .
| After that, it maintains a list of packages that you want to have
| installed on your system. It uses this list to detect packages that
| have been installed only because other packages depended on them. If
| one of these dependencies changes, debfoster will take notice, and
| ask if you want to remove the old package.
| .
| This helps you to maintain a clean Debian install, without old
| (mainly library) packages lying around that aren't used any more.
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Thomas Weinbrenner
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