2025-03-06[Thu]15:23 🦓 read that 2025-03-06[Thu]08:38 Geoff wrote
You can use dpigs from debian-goodies package:
debian-goodies' dpigs does a great job: debian)czyborra@localhost:~$ dpigs -H 142.3M libgl1-mesa-dri 79.3M libpython3.7-dev 65.2M emacs-common 57.7M libllvm7 43.1M guile-2.2-libs 40.3M emacs-nox 34.4M git 30.9M libicu63 28.1M gcc-8 26.9M libflite1 (debian)czyborra@localhost:~$ sudo aptitude purge $(dpigs|cut -f2 -d\ ) The following packages will be REMOVED: emacs-common{p} emacs-el{u} emacs-nox{p} emacsen-common{u} gcc-8{p} git{p} git-man{u} guile-2.2-libs{p} libcc1-0{u} liberror-perl{u} libflite1{p} libgl1-mesa-dri{p} libicu63{p} liblcms2-2{u} libllvm7{p} libpython3.7-dev{p} libsensors-config{u} libsensors5{u} 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 18 to remove and 132 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 594 MB will be freed. […] Install the following packages: 39) bsd-mailx [8.1.2-0.20180807cvs-1 (oldoldstable)] 40) liblockfile-bin:i386 [1.14-1.1 (oldoldstable)] 41) liblockfile1 [1.14-1.1 (oldoldstable)] 42) tcc [0.9.27-8 (oldoldstable)] Leave the following dependencies unresolved: 43) dpkg-dev recommends build-essential 44) libvdpau1 recommends vdpau-driver-all | vdpau-driver 45) python3-pip recommends build-essential 46) python3-pip recommends python3-dev (>= 3.2) 47) xnest recommends libgl1-mesa-dri (>= 7.1~rc1) 48) libc6-dev-i386 recommends gcc-multilib 49) libc6-dev-x32 recommends gcc-multilib 50) libglib2.0-0 recommends shared-mime-info 51) xdg-utils recommends x11-utils 52) xterm recommends x11-utils Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] Y The following NEW packages will be installed: bsd-mailx{a} liblockfile-bin:i386{a} liblockfile1{a} tcc{a} The following packages will be REMOVED: build-essential{a} dh-python{u} emacs-bin-common{a} emacs-common{p} emacs-el{u} emacs-nox{p} emacsen-common{u} ffmpeg{a} g++{a} g++-8{a} gcc{a} gcc-8{p} gcc-8-multilib{a} gcc-multilib{a} git{p} git-man{u} guile-2.2-libs{p} i965-va-driver{u} intel-media-va-driver{u} lib32asan5{u} lib32atomic1{u} lib32gcc-8-dev{u} lib32gcc1{u} lib32gomp1{u} lib32itm1{u} lib32mpx2{u} lib32quadmath0{u} lib32stdc++6{u} lib32ubsan1{u} libaacs0{u} libaom0{u} libasan5{u} libass9{u} libasyncns0{u} libavc1394-0{u} libavcodec58{a} libavdevice58{a} libavfilter7{a} libavformat58{a} libavresample4{u} libavutil56{u} libbdplus0{u} libbluray2{a} libbs2b0{u} libbsd0:i386{u} libc6-dev-i386{u} libc6-dev-x32{u} libc6-i386{u} libc6-x32{u} libcaca0{u} libcc1-0{u} libcdio-cdda2{u} libcdio-paranoia2{u} libcdio18{u} libchromaprint1{a} libcodec2-0.8.1{u} libcroco3{a} libcrystalhd3{u} libdc1394-22{u} libdirectfb-1.7-7{a} libdrm-amdgpu1{u} libdrm-common{u} libdrm-intel1{u} libdrm-nouveau2{u} libdrm-radeon1{u} libdrm2{u} l ibegl-mesa0{u} libegl1{u} liberror-perl{u} libexpat1-dev{u} libfftw3-double3{u} libflac8{u} libflite1{p} libgbm1{u} libgcc-8-dev{u} libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0{a} libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin{a} libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common{u} libgl1{a} libgl1-mesa-dri{p} libglapi-mesa{u} libgles2{u} libglvnd0{u} libglx-mesa0{a} libglx0{a} libgme0{u} libgsasl7{u} libgsm1{u} libice6:i386{u} libicu63{p} libiec61883-0{u} libigdgmm5{u} libitm1{u} libjack-jackd2-0{u} libjbig0{u} libjpeg62-turbo{u} libkyotocabinet16v5{u} liblcms2-2{u} liblilv-0-0{u} libllvm7{p} liblsan0{u} liblzo2-2{u} libmailutils5{a} libmariadb3{u} libmp3lame0{u} libmpg123-0{u} libmpx2{u} libmysofa0{u} libnorm1{u} libntlm0{u} libnuma1{u} libogg0{u} libopenal-data{u} libopenal1{u} libopenjp2-7{u} libopenmpt0{u} libopus0{u} libpciaccess0{u} libpgm-5.2-0{u} libpostproc55{u} libpulse0{u} libpython2.7{u} libpython2.7-minimal{u} libpython2.7-stdlib{u} libpython3-dev{a} libpython3.7{u} libpython3.7-dev{p} libquadmath0{u} libraw1394-11{u} librsvg2-2{a} librsvg2-comm on{a} librubberband2{u} libsdl2-2.0-0{u} libsensors-config{u} libsensors5{u} libserd-0-0{u} libshine3{u} libsm6:i386{u} libsnappy1v5{u} libsndfile1{u} libsndio7.0{u} libsodium23{u} libsord-0-0{u} libsoxr0{u} libsratom-0-0{u} libssh-gcrypt-4{u} libstdc++-8-dev{u} libswresample3{u} libswscale5{u} libtheora0{u} libtiff5{u} libtsan0{u} libtwolame0{u} libubsan1{u} libunwind8{u} libutempter0{u} libuuid1:i386{u} libva-drm2{u} libva-x11-2{u} libva2{u} libvdpau-va-gl1{a} libvdpau1{u} libvidstab1.1{u} libvorbis0a{u} libvorbisenc2{u}libvorbisfile3{u} libvpx5{u} libwavpack1{u} libwayland-client0{u} libwayland-cursor0{u} libwayland-egl1{u} libwayland-server0{u} libwebp6{u} libwebpmux3{u} libwrap0{u} libx11-6:i386{u} libx264-155{u} libx265-165{u} libx32asan5{u} libx32atomic1{u} libx32gcc-8-dev{u} libx32gcc1{u} libx32gomp1{u} libx32itm1{u} libx32quadmath0{u} libx32stdc++6{u} libx32ubsan1{u} libxau6:i386{u} libxaw7:i386{u}libxcb-dri2-0{u} libxcb-dri3-0{u} libxcb-glx0{u} libxcb-present0{u} libxcb-sh ape0{u} libxcb-sync1{u} libxcb-xfixes0{u} libxcb1:i386{u} libxcomposite1{u} libxdamage1{u} libxdmcp6:i386{u} libxext6:i386{u} libxfont2{u} libxft2{u} libxinerama1{u} libxkbfile1:i386{u} libxml2{a} libxmu6:i386{u} libxpm4:i386{u} libxshmfence1{u} libxss1{u} libxt6:i386{u} libxv1{u} libxvidcore4{u} libxxf86dga1{u} libzmq5{u} libzvbi-common{u} libzvbi0{u} links2{a} mailutils{a} mailutils-common{u} mariadb-common{u} mesa-va-drivers{a} mesa-vdpau-drivers{a} mysql-common{u} python3-dev{a} python3.7-dev{a} shared-mime-info{a} va-driver-all{a} vdpau-driver-all{a} x11-utils{a} x11-xkb-utils:i386{u} xbitmaps{u} xnest{a} xserver-common{u} xterm{u} 0 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 235 to remove and 106 not upgraded. Need to get 382 kB of archives. After unpacking 937 MB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y […] (debian)czyborra@localhost:~$ df -hl /usr/* Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mmcblk0p1 11G 7.6G 2.3G 78% / /dev/mmcblk0p1 11G 7.6G 2.3G 78% / /dev/mmcblk0p1 11G 7.6G 2.3G 78% / /dev/mmcblk0p1 11G 7.6G 2.3G 78% / /dev/mmcblk0p1 11G 7.6G 2.3G 78% / /dev/mmcblk0p1 11G 7.6G 2.3G 78% / /dev/mmcblk0p1 11G 7.6G 2.3G 78% / /dev/mmcblk0p1 11G 7.6G 2.3G 78% / /dev/mmcblk0p1 11G 7.6G 2.3G 78% / /dev/mmcblk0p1 11G 7.6G 2.3G 78% / /dev/mmcblk0p1 11G 7.6G 2.3G 78% / this gave me the free gigabyte i needed my debian crouton + gentoo chromeos + users explain the 7.6G. this closes the case for me once again thanking all of you