Clean your system

There a various ways to clean your system if you have Debian installed. In this text you’ll find a few:

• to clean obsolete packages (packages of version which would not be installed if requested now)

Linux:~# apt-get autoclean

• to empty all /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb

Linux:~# apt-get clean

• Cleaning up orphaned libraries:
  This is exactly what the deborphan package does. From its description:

  “deborphan finds “orphaned” packages on
  your system. It determines which packages have no other packages
  depending on their installation, and shows you a list of these
  packages. It is most useful when finding libraries, but it can be used
  on packages in all sections.”

To install deborphan

Linux:~# aptitude install deborphan

You can use it by typing

Linux:~# deborphan

• For more cleaning up look here: Cleaning up a Debian GNU/Linux system

Note: don’t blame me if this will break your system… You are always
in control and you decide what to remove and what to keep installed on
your own system