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
       deborphan'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)

April 2004															       orphaner(8)