making deborphan obsolete?

[Lutzer]

My understanding of Ubuntu's philosophy is it should "just work". IMHO
the system should remain slim and clean even for a newbie who is not
aware of such a problem. Because most of the users use apt-get (it is
widely used in HOWTOs: "To get rid of problem X execute 'sudo apt-get
install Y' and do Z") or Synaptic/Aptitude the problem still remains.
Even Windows asks if an unused DLL should be removed when it's
application is removed.

Derek Broughton schrieb:
> Lutzer wrote:
> 
>> If I use synaptic (or apt-get) to install an application A a required
>> library L is automatically installed as well. This is quite comfortable
>> and a well known feature.
>>
>> I'm wondering why a similar feature does not exist for removing packages
>> (AFAIK). 
> 
> It does.  It's called aptitude.  For the most part, a drop-in replacement
> for apt-get.