[oclug] identifying 'leaf' debian packages

[Scott Moynes]

* Olaf Baumann (olaf.baumann at pobox.com) wrote:
> Is there a way to analyze the dependency tree of installed packages
> on a debian system to list packages that are not depended on by any
> other package?
> 
> I'd like to clean up a desktop installation before going from stable
> to testing.

There's a tool I use called debfoster that can do this. It works by
tracking which dependencies are installed by which
packages. Unfortunately, I have the impression you have to install all
your packages (or maybe most?) through debfoster.

Maybe some of debian gurus can point me straight, or have better
insight.

Scott.
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