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Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Does anyone know of a tool that allows you to see from where a Debian > package was installed? Or to compare what is currently installed with > what's listed on the Debian package repositories (in your sources.list > file)? The reason I ask is that some while ago I added a bunch of > "extra" Debian repositories to my sources.list file, and promptly > installed some packages. I have since removed said entries from my > sources.list file (well, commented them out) and I would now like to > generate a list of packages that I have on my system that came from > these "extra" repositories, so that I can see about removing them. If you have a gui environment installed on the debian box then aptitude (the debian gui apt-get frontend) has a view which shows orphaned/obsolete or locally installed packages, and deborphan is a cli app that finds orphaned libraries. These should do what you need, IIRC. -- James jamesk[at]homeric[dot]co[dot]uk It's not my eyesight getting worse, its my mind getting weirder - MEow in afda -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html