GtkOrphan AlternativesSystem Cleaners and other similar apps like GtkOrphan

GtkOrphan is described as '(a Perl/Gtk2 application for debian systems) is a graphical tool which analyzes the status of your installations, looking for orphaned libraries. It implements a GUI front-end for deborphan, adding the package-removal capability' and is a System Cleaner in the os & utilities category. There are three alternatives to GtkOrphan for Linux. The best GtkOrphan alternative is localepurge, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GtkOrphan are deborphan and debfoster.

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  1. localepurge icon
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    This is a script to recover disk space wasted for unneeded locales, Gnome/KDE localizations and localized man pages. Depending on the installation, it is possible to save some 200, 300, or even more mega bytes of disk space dedicated for localization you will most probably never...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
    • localepurge is the most popular Linux alternative to GtkOrphan.

    • localepurge is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to GtkOrphan.

    • localepurge is Free and Open SourceGtkOrphan is also Free and Open Source
  2. deborphan icon
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    deborphan finds packages installed on your Debian/GNU system that have no other packages depending on them. Its primary goal (and default action) is to trace unused libraries. A dialog frontend, orphaner, is included in the package for easy removal of packages.

    5 deborphan alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  3. debfoster icon
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    Debian uses the main programs apt and dpkg to manage packages. These programs do not make a distinction between packages that got installed because some other program happened to need it and packages you really asked for.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
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