orphaner(8)

orphaner(8)                                                        orphaner(8)

NAME
       orphaner - frontend for deborphan

SYNOPSIS
       orphaner [--help|--purge] [deborphan options]

DESCRIPTION
       orphaner is a neat frontend for deborphan displaying a list of orphaned
       packages with dialog or whiptail. Packages may be selected for  removal
       with  apt-get  which is then called to do the work. After removal a new
       list of orphaned packages is gathered from deborphan. The program  ends
       when either `Cancel' is pressed or no package is marked for removal.

       After you removed a package, all new orphaned packages are shown at the
       top of the list separated by +++++ from the old list.

       Orphaner also shows two  additional  buttons:  `Simulate'  and  `Help'.
       `Simulate' does like its name suggest only a simulation of removing and
       shows the result that would appear after real removing. So you can  see
       the  packages,  which  will become orphaned and you can select them and
       remove all packages with one apt-get call.

       `Help' shows you the status of the package given by dpkg -s.   Caution:
       your selection will be lost.

OPTIONS
       --help Print a short help and exit.

       --skip-apt
              Do not call apt-get, but show apt-get command line instead.

       --purge
              Call apt-get remove with the --purge option.

       orphaner  accepts  most,  but  not all, options that deborphan accepts.
       These options are passed to deborphan unchanged, and described  in  de-
       borphan's  manpage.  Options which are not accepted include switches to
       manage the keep file, and switches to change the  output  format.  Note
       that  switches which take an argument need to passed as one argument to
       orphaner. For instance to only show packages of priority  optional  and
       less  important,  you need to use --priority=optional (i.e., with the =
       sign, not with a space).

SEE ALSO
       deborphan(1), orphaner(8), apt-get(8), editkeep(8)

April 2004                                                         orphaner(8)