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Re: Howto find and remove unused libraries?



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.

    Personally I used aptitude for this.  I simply marked the libraries branch
as "M"anaged.  Any that were not a dependancy were removed on the next pass.

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