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deborphan

#1 Post by PsychoHermit »

Greetings folks,

Should I uninstall the packages listed by deborphan?

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glenn@LinuxBox:~$ deborphan
gstreamer1.0-packagekit
gstreamer1.0-vaapi
libbpf0
libdns-export1110
libffi7
libpcre3
libprocps8
libproxy1-plugin-gsettings
libproxy1-plugin-networkmanager
libproxy1-plugin-webkit
libsepol1
libssl1.1
Thanks,
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Re: deborphan

#2 Post by Aki »

Hello,
These seems to be library installed as dependency of other packages, probably uninstalled thereafter.
You can test what packages are remove other then the listed ones with the command:

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deborphan | xargs apt --simulate purge
The --simulate option will only simulate the effects of the purge command.
The listed packages should already have no packages depending on them, anyway.
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Re: deborphan

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Thank you,

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Re: deborphan

#4 Post by CwF »

Note that when deborphan is installed, synaptic can use it and create a category for display. To enable it we do need to manually set it in the filters section. Then with a click it will show the action; whether it comes out clean or not. Most all orphans do. Compare it to the listing of 'obsolete' (no longer in repository) and 'auto removable' (similar to an orphan).

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