#!/bin/bash # Orphan # Lists all packages installed that do not exist in the apt cache. Takes bloody # ages to do so. Can be made (much) faster by removing packages from the # 'available' set as they are found, probably best done with a rewrite in # python. awkprog='/^Package:/ { printf "%s ", $2 } /^Version:/ { print $2 }' while read name version do version=$( grep-status -n -s version -X --field=package $name ) grep-dctrl -q -X --field=Package $name --and -X --field=Version $version /var/lib/apt/lists/*_Packages || echo $name done < <( grep-status --show-field=Package,Version -r --field=status ^install | awk "$awkprog" | sort )