deborphan

Display orphan packages on operating systems using the APT package manager.

• Display library packages (from the "libs" section of the package repository) which are not required by another package:

deborphan

• List orphan packages from the "libs" section as well as orphan packages that have a name that looks like a library name:

deborphan --guess-all

• Find packages which are only recommended or suggested (but not required) by another package:

deborphan --nice-mode

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