Csányi Pál <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I purge the orphaned packages on a Debian system:
> sudo deborphan | less
>
> and then copy / paste to the aptitude search, and then purge in aptitude.
>
> Is there an automated way to do this task out there?
>
> man deborphan and man aptitude dont shows any suggestion about that.
>
> I try:
> sudo deborphan | aptitude purge
>
> but this does nothing.

You can do

sudo aptitude purge $(deborphan)

, but a better way may be to use orphaner(8), included in the
deborphan package.

Sven


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