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I'm contemplating writing a script that does this:




  • Goes through each file in /usr/lib

  • Does a dpkg -s search on each file.

  • Reports a list of "orphan" files not belonging to any .deb package.



The idea is that over time, I've installed a lot of make install software and I'd like to get a list of leftover files from manually installed software I've since deleted.


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find /usr/lib -type f -exec dpkg -S {} + 2>&1 >/dev/null | sed -r 's/^[^/]+//'


I'll warn you now: it's slow.


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