Re: Howto find and remove unused libraries?

[Eric Lavarde <Address_is_OK_200503@zorglub.s.bawue.de>]

fraz wrote:
> How can I find libraries etc that were installed as dependencies, but 
> which currently have no "dependants" installed? IE the package that 
> caused apt to install them isn't installed anymore.
>
> I've been apt-getting and removing packages on my system for the last 4 
> years. And I suspect there is a lot of unused crud. For future reference 
> is there a better way to remove packages so the unused dependencies are 
> also removed? Is "dpkg -P" equivalent to "apt-get remove"?
>
> Thanks,
> fraz
Hi,

quite easy one ;-)

# apt-get install deborphan
# man deborphan
# deborphan

I tend to use:
# apt-get -s remove $(deborphan)
and if I'm happy with the result:
# apt-get --purge remove $(deborphan)

Hope this helps,
Eric