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Re: dependency tree on installed packages



Hello Artifex,

Artifex Maximus <artifexor@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you. dpkg -l writes out all installed packages but not the
> relations between them. I did similar comparison between systems but
> seeing the differences in a tree makes this process easier because I
> can cut leafs if I know there is related or not to my later
> installation. If I compare packages line-by-line without any relation
> I do not know that any extra or missing packages is related to other
> packages or might "standalone" packages.

I was implying to feed this output into higher level tools to
generate dependency graphs for you.

> I think the continuous upgrade process from the early stage of Wheezy
> left some unneeded packages. This is normal as I started early just
> want to clean out my system. Maybe I am wrong on base idea but would
> like to check and look for some utility to make it easier. I there is
> no such utility I will compare line-by-line as last resort.

If you simply want to clean out your system, have a look at deborphan.

Best regards,

Claudius
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