Finding packages not used for N months
I'd like to produce a candidate list of packages for removal where the binary provided by the package hasn't been executed in N months. Due to this it might be a candidate for removal.
I had an idea to list all binaries reacheable from $PATH and which hasn't been accessed in N months. Executing ls in for example /usr/bin seems to ruin this approach as all access timestamps seem to reset to the current timestamp.
Are there other approaches that could accomplish this?
I need this to work on Debian and Ubuntu machines.
apt debian-based
asked Nov 11 at 13:32
Patrik Iselind
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I'd like to produce a candidate list of packages for removal where the binary provided by the package hasn't been executed in N months. Due to this it might be a candidate for removal.
I had an idea to list all binaries reacheable from $PATH and which hasn't been accessed in N months. Executing ls in for example /usr/bin seems to ruin this approach as all access timestamps seem to reset to the current timestamp.
Are there other approaches that could accomplish this?
I need this to work on Debian and Ubuntu machines.
apt debian-based
asked Nov 11 at 13:32
Patrik Iselind
12510
add a comment |
I'd like to produce a candidate list of packages for removal where the binary provided by the package hasn't been executed in N months. Due to this it might be a candidate for removal.
I had an idea to list all binaries reacheable from $PATH and which hasn't been accessed in N months. Executing ls in for example /usr/bin seems to ruin this approach as all access timestamps seem to reset to the current timestamp.
Are there other approaches that could accomplish this?
I need this to work on Debian and Ubuntu machines.
apt debian-based
asked Nov 11 at 13:32
Patrik Iselind
12510
I'd like to produce a candidate list of packages for removal where the binary provided by the package hasn't been executed in N months. Due to this it might be a candidate for removal.
I had an idea to list all binaries reacheable from $PATH and which hasn't been accessed in N months. Executing ls in for example /usr/bin seems to ruin this approach as all access timestamps seem to reset to the current timestamp.
Are there other approaches that could accomplish this?
I need this to work on Debian and Ubuntu machines.
apt debian-based
apt debian-based
asked Nov 11 at 13:32
Patrik Iselind
12510
asked Nov 11 at 13:32
Patrik Iselind
12510
asked Nov 11 at 13:32
Patrik Iselind
12510
asked Nov 11 at 13:32
Patrik Iselind
12510
asked Nov 11 at 13:32
Patrik Iselind
12510
12510
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