deborphan

Display orphan packages on operating systems using the APT package manager. More information: <https://manpages.debian.org/latest/deborphan/deborphan.html>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/deborphan.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install deborphan
Ubuntu
apt-get install deborphan
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install deborphan
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install deborphan
Raspbian
apt-get install deborphan
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/deborphan

Display orphan packages on operating systems using the APT package manager. More information: <https://manpages.debian.org/latest/deborphan/deborphan.html>.

  • 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 --nice-mode

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