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deborphan — Display orphan packages on operating systems using the APT package manager. More information: <https

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Problem

How to use the deborphan command: Display orphan packages on operating systems using the APT package manager. More information: <https://manned.org/deborphan>.

Solution

deborphan — Display orphan packages on operating systems using the APT package manager. More information: <https://manned.org/deborphan>.

Display library packages (from the "libs" section of the package repository) which are not required by another package:

deborphan

List orphan packages from the "libs" section as well as orphan packages that have a name that looks like a library name:

deborphan --guess-all

Find packages which are only recommended or suggested (but not required) by another package:

deborphan {{[-n|--nice-mode]}}

Code Snippets

Display library packages (from the "libs" section of the package repository) which are not required by another package

deborphan

List orphan packages from the "libs" section as well as orphan packages that have a name that looks like a library name

deborphan --guess-all

Find packages which are only recommended or suggested (but not required) by another package

deborphan {{[-n|--nice-mode]}}

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