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#8 Re: Question: Tracking the installation and remova Posted by adumont (80.58.xx.xx) on Fri 10 Jun 2005 at 18:15 So do i! For "big" system upgrades (apt-get dist-upgrade), i was also used to work in a script(1) session so i could review it afterwards, in case of problem. In order to clean unused packages, i discovered and use a lot deborphan(1). You can search for unreferenced installed packages (i mean packages installed, but not requisite for any othe packages) using: # deborphan Usually you can remove or purge all the resulting packages. You can also use (but be carefull): # deborphan --guess-all (see man for more options) deborphan can be also extremely usefull to see which packages depend on a XXX package, using -d switch: # deborphan -d openssl openssl libapache-mod-ssl openswan It need not to be run as root. Last but not least, have a look at apt-history (see above in this thread), i'm sure you'll love it! Best regards, Alex

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