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Re: Deborphan - why is it not listed?

dummy@example.com (Altoid) — Sat, 02 May 2026 11:04:23 +0000

Hello:

pequi wrote:

... can't find any references to deborphan ...

Note that it is available but (presently) not for excalibur.

Devuan Package View wrote:

deborphan
1.7.35 http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus/main amd64
1.7.33 http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera/main amd64
1.7.31 http://archive.devuan.org/merged beowulf/main amd64
1.7.28.8-0.3+b1 http://archive.devuan.org/merged ascii/main amd64
1.7.28.8-0.1 http://archive.devuan.org/merged jessie/main amd64

In all probability, because it is not (presently) listed in the Debian Trixie repository:

Debian - Package search results wrote:

Package deborphan
bullseye (oldoldstable) 1.7.33: amd64 arm64 armhf i386
bookworm (oldstable) 1.7.35: amd64 arm64 armel armhf i386 mips64el mipsel ppc64el s390x
sid (unstable) (admin): 1.7.35+b1 [debports]: riscv64

Maybe they are looking for a way to make it dependent on systemd. 8^D

Best,

Re: Deborphan - why is it not listed?

dummy@example.com (brocashelm) — Sat, 02 May 2026 11:02:52 +0000

Along with Orphaner, I think it got deprecated by Debian indefinitely, as nothing exists past Bookworm sans Sid for RISC-V. You could try to install it from Daedalus.

I just use Debfoster now.

Deborphan - why is it not listed?

dummy@example.com (pequi) — Sat, 02 May 2026 10:09:21 +0000

I can't find any references to deborphan in synaptic or with a aptitude search. I was fond of that utility, and assumed it had been dropped due to lack of support.
But when I searched for it in the "Packages" menu at the top of this page here it is:

<https://pkginfo.devuan.org/cgi-bin/pack … han=1.7.35>

I even have backports in my sources list.
Why is it not listed? Is it in some "other" source?

Is it safe to use?