Re: how to tell what packages are unused on a debian server?

[Eero Volotinen <eero.volotinen@iki.fi>]

2010/10/29 Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>:
>
>  just a cleanup-related question but on a debian lenny server that
> i've inherited, i'm curious to know which packages have no value
> whatever and that i can delete.  i recall there's a utility that will
> identify unused libraries but i'm curious about what else i can
> pinpoint that can be removed.
>
>  this system is a web/mail server and, since its IP address is
> assigned statically and another system is responsible for all DNS/DHCP
> functionality internally, i conclude that i can remove the
> dhcp-related packages.  that's just one example.
>
>  any utilities that can help out in this regard?  thanks.

Just reinstall server from scratch and only install packages that you need :)

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Eero