Query about deborphan

[jony127]

Hi.

Is it advisable to use deborphan to remove orphan packages or is this a problem?

I see these:

libqca2-plugin-ossl
libkolab1
libkf5kdgantt2-5
libkf5alarmcalendar5
qml-module-qtquick-xmllistmodel
libkf5gapicontacts5
libkf5kmanagesieve5
libkf5ksieve5
libnm-glib4
libotr5
libkf5akonadisearchdebug5
libkf5akonadiagentbase5
libkf5kontactinterface5
libsignon-glib1
libkwineffects8
libvncclient1
libkf5gapicalendar5
libkf5kiogui5
oxygen5-icon-theme
libkf5calendarsupport-data
kdepimlibs-kio-plugins
libkf5libkleo5
libkf5followupreminder5
libkf5mbox5
libkf5gapitasks5
libkf5sendlater5
libkf5akonadisearchpim5
libkwinglutils8
libqt5qml-graphicaleffects
libkf5messagecore5
libkf5syndication5
libkf5grantleetheme-plugins
libkf5imap5
libkf5eventviews-data
libavahi-gobject0
libkf5tnef5
libkf5libkdepim-data
libkf5grantleetheme5
libkf5webkit5

[Snowhog]

Personally, I would not use deborphin.

[Rod J]

I wouldn't do any more than use:

sudo apt-get autoremove

every once in a while to clean out redundant packages as suggested by the apt system itself. This command can take quite a while to do this if you've accumulated a lot of kernels (as is the case in most systems that have been updated regularly over time). It won't remove the current or the previous kernels (obviously a good idea).

As regards using cleaning tools such as deborphan this is an interesting read from here:

Never use cleaning or defrag applications

With cleaning applications like BleachBit or deborphan, you easily destroy more than you want. They're software wrecking balls that can damage your system beyond repair.

You can't trust them, because unless you're very careful, they remove too much and damage the system. Sometimes so heavily, that your Ubuntu or Mint can't boot into the desktop anymore. Under certain circumstances, BleachBit can even pollute your system with massive amounts of junk.

BleachBit, deborphan and others like them are superfluous at best, and disastrous at their worst. They're "tools" that primarily cater to the psychological needs of new Linux users who come fresh from Windows, and mistakenly assume that certain essential Windows maintenance is needed on Linux as well.

In short: it's a newbie trap. Don't fall for it.

[arochester]

How to clean Ubuntu safely - https://sites.google.com/site/easyli...sproject/clean

[Qqmike]

While I agree in principle with the philosophy to avoid heavy, dumbed-down canned cleaners, I have used Bleachbit successfully on 14.04 (and before) for quite some time. The developer has been responsive to my inquiries.

You can pick and choose what it will clean. You don't have to run stupid and check everything. You can also run it in Preview mode and learn a lot by studying what it says it will clean for you should you click the Delete button--it shows you the path to the item to be deleted, useful if you are designing your own checklist to do manually or writing a script for. If you check an item that is advanced or potentially risky, Bleachbit will bring it to your attention.

You might make your own cleaning list after studying your OS, as suggested by arochester's link on cleaning safely.

I did this at one time, wrote up some ideas, lists, tips, tricks in my

Privacy Cleanup 101
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...cy-Cleanup-101

but have not reviewed that since 2010, but it will give you a start. If you are new to this, Adobe Flash Cookies are sweet little darlings you may wish to look at (there's a section on them).

I will say this, though about Bleachbit, and as an example. After I run both Firefox and Chromium real heavy, playing various chance games and such, in just an hour, so much junk is produced that Bleachbit finds and cleans 15,000-20,000 files. And without doing this, in extreme cases, the damned site I'm using won't even hardly run right in my browsers. That clearly is a FWIW and user-beware note (because it is an example of doing major cleaning using the canned Bleachbit). But, as I said, you can easily configure Bleachbit to clean only those files you wish to let it clean.

[Snowhog]

I've used Bleachbit, and I think it's a good progam for what it does.

[vinnywright]

I,ve used Bleachbit as well ,,,,and it did what I told it to,,,,but 14.04 was the last one I used it in.

VINNY