Re: how to tell what packages are unused on a debian server?
- From: Camaleón <noelamac@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:14:03 +0000 (UTC)
On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:12:55 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
just a cleanup-related question but on a debian lenny server that i've
inherited, i'm curious to know which packages have no value whatever and
that i can delete. i recall there's a utility that will identify unused
libraries but i'm curious about what else i can pinpoint that can be
removed.
this system is a web/mail server and, since its IP address is
assigned statically and another system is responsible for all DNS/DHCP
functionality internally, i conclude that i can remove the dhcp-related
packages. that's just one example.
Not that fast :-)
You may have installed packages that are "unused" but "needed" as a
dependency requirement of another packages that you want to keep.
If you are not facing space problems, I won't touch anything. What you
could do instead is disabling services you are not using at all, that's
what I use to do.
Greetings,
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