Re: Remove orphan packages.

[Graham Williams <Graham.Williams@togaware.com>]

Received Sat 12 Mar 2005  6:22am +1100 from Andrea Pretto:
> Hi.
> 
> How can I remove from my system, a package1 that is  a dependency of
> another package2 which have been removed ??
> 
> Example
> 
> Package A needs packages C, D and E.
> Package B needs packages C, F and G.
> 
> Suppose I have just removed A, so D and E are useless.
> 
> Does exist such a way to print out, or remove these 'orphan' packages ??

$ wajig remove-depend A

to remove A and dependees not otherwise required, or

$ wajig remove-orphans

to remove all orphaned libraries.

Regards,
Graham