[xubuntu-users] Debophan you were talking about James

[Wybo]

yes, see my last mail; here's my script:

#!/bin/bash
while true; do
   x=$(deborphan|sed 's/:.*//')
   test -z "$x" && break
   echo Removing $x
   apt-get purge -y $(deborphan|sed 's/:.*//') >>log
done
apt-get autoremove -y


On 2014-06-19 12:37, Lutz Andersohn wrote:
> Did you actually do remove the packages deborphan found?
>
> On June 19, 2014 4:34:08 AM CDT, James Freer <jessejazza3.uk
> <http://jessejazza3.uk>@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     On Thu, 19 Jun 2014, Wybo wrote:
>
>         It does not seem to do much more than telling you which packages you can
>         remove.
>         I tried to do that, but then you get in a loop, because afterwards,
>         about the
>         same number of other packages can be removed...
>
>         --
>         Wybo
>
>     Exactly - just tells you what is an orphan and they can be removed... only
>     finds orphan files.  I don't see how you got in a loop I'm afraid.
>
>     --
>     james
>
>
> --
> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
>
>

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Wybo