On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 10:47:47PM -0800, Brian Nelson wrote: > Noah Meyerhans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 03:00:34PM +0200, Matijs van Zuijlen wrote: > > > > Some time ago, I've read somewhere about a tool that can find installed > > > > debian packages that are not used, based on atime of files that belong > > > > to > > > > the packages. > > > > > > I think you're looking for popularity-contest > > > > No, popularity contest is a means to report to Debian which packages are > > the most popular (i.e. what packages are installed on the most > > machines). > > The script /usr/bin/popularity-contest simply generates a list of > packages installed on the system, ordered from most recently used to > least recently used. Running > > $ popularity-contest | grep '<OLD>' > > will give a list of packages popularity contest considers old based on > atimes (more than a month old). This is exactly what the original > poster was looking for. > > Popularity contest can be configured to participate in the public > survey, but it's not necessary and is definitely not the sole purpose > of the package.
Wow, this is a great tool. Talk about the law of unexpected consequences. I ran this on my machine, and I can happily do away with so many packages. Of course, the dependencies would have to be kept in mind. Perhaps writing a script to run "apt-cache showpkg" or "apt-cache search" on the output of popularity-contest would point the packages that are not dependencies and that haven't been used in a while. -Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
