How to Install and Uninstall deborphan Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "deborphan" package

Please follow the instructions below to install deborphan on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                deborphan
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "deborphan" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall deborphan on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                deborphan
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the deborphan package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: deborphan
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 500
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: deborphan devel team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.7.28.8ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: apt, dialog, gettext-base
Filename: pool/universe/d/deborphan/deborphan_1.7.28.8ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 93318
MD5sum: 5fdc607eac5fd459c0eb1979d2125707
SHA1: 7bfee84fbef7e178ae48cf739a0b2ba23d6e1a87
SHA256: 60ce81be6a7ad66e47d9092b2148d74d698827ac2f5eb0ea8d28fc8fff96b6bd
Description-en: program that can find unused packages, e.g. libraries
deborphan finds "orphaned" packages on your system. It determines which
packages have no other packages depending on their installation and shows
you a list of these packages. It is most useful when finding libraries,
but it can be used on packages in all sections.
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This package also includes orphaner, a text menu frontend to deborphan.
Please install the recommended packages dialog, gettext-base and apt when
you want a working and fully featured orphaner.
Description-md5: 36cfed21b6bf14b4c52cff0f9adcc8f2
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu