On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 10:21:14AM +0000, Colin Watson wrote: > Matt Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >How do I detect packages on which nothing depends? I know I > >must have accumulated a number of these that I no longer want. > > > Get hold of the deborphan package from unstable. It should install > cleanly on a stable system, too.
Perfect. Thanks. I installed this, ran it with the default options, and removed the listed packages. I repeated this until no more packages were listed. Several unused libs were cleaned out, and I feel I now have a better handle on my system.
