On Fri, 2025-08-22 at 11:16 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 20/08/2025 4:55 pm, James Freer wrote:
> > I found after installation i had 4 orphans [non deletable] which i
> > posted about and received no helpful comments.
>
> What on Earth is an "orphan" meant to be in the context of a Linux
> distro? I've been using Linux since 1995 and Unix since 1988. I do not
> know this word.
Hi,
orphans are "packages that were installed as dependencies but are no
longer required by any installed package" [1]. Packages that are no
longer maintained and are no longer available in a distribution's
repository.
Regards,
Ralf
[1]
• rocketmouse@archlinux ~
$ man pacman | grep -i orphan -A2 -B2
-d, --deps
Restrict or filter output to packages installed as dependencies.
This option can be combined with -t for listing real orphans - packages that
were installed as dependencies but
are no longer required by any installed package.
--
-s, --recursive
Remove each target specified including all of their dependencies,
provided that (A) they are not required by other packages; and (B) they were
not explicitly installed by the
user. This operation is recursive and analogous to a backwards
--sync operation, and it helps keep a clean system without orphans. If you want
to omit condition (B), pass this
option twice.
--
The Orphan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubywo3J0YYo
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