Cruftiness > 0
kartik:/home/kartik# apt-get remove `deborphan`
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The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libgtkhtml3.8-15 gcalctool gnome-nettool openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-draw gucharmap network-manager gnome-games type-handling esound gnome-cards-data w3c-dtd-xhtml libnm-util0 kdebase-data kdebase-bin-kde3 gnome-themes xulrunner-gnome-support unrar-free network-manager-gnome gnome-utils dhcdbd gnome-volume-manager libkpathsea4 gs-common gdb eog gdm python-4suite-doc gnome-backgrounds python-xdg bug-buddy kdebase-bin vino gnome-keyring-manager evince gnome-games-data iputils-arping gtkhtml3.8 zip pmount gconf-editor resolvconf totem unace file-roller
Use ‘apt-get autoremove’ to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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Just “apt-get –purge autoremove” to get the same result.
I think deborphan is still useful. Especially the -n and the –libdevel options.
That’s why I use aptitude instead. And only aptitude.
Die, die, die, die, die backticks. Please use the POSIX preferred $() format as it is so much easier to read.