GtkOrphan – Graphical tool

Last Updated on July 11, 2021

GtkOrphan is an open source graphical tool (Perl/Gtk2) which scans your system, looking for orphaned libraries. It implements a graphical user interface front-end to deborphan, but adds the package removal capability.

This software is designed for Debian based distributions. It must be run with root privileges.

It implements a GUI front-end for deborphan, adding the package-removal capability.

GtkOrphan dependencies are: gksu, perl, deborphan(>=1.7.28-2) libgtk2-perl (>=1.100-1), libglib-perl (>= 1.100-1), liblocale-gettext-perl, libgtk2-gladexml-perl

Features include:

• Simple, intuitive utility.
• On-the-fly changes.
• Shows packages in hibernation status.
• Internationalization support.

Website: www.marzocca.net/linux
Support:
Developer: Fabio Marzocca
License: GNU GPL v2

GtkOrphan is written in Perl. Learn Perl with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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