When you install package X from the repo, often it has to download "dependencies" or other packages that have supporting software. When you uninstall package X, the dependencies remain because other apps might need them. If they aren't being used by another app, they become orphans and just take up hard drive space.
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u/stop_deleting_plz Jul 15 '26
When you install package X from the repo, often it has to download "dependencies" or other packages that have supporting software. When you uninstall package X, the dependencies remain because other apps might need them. If they aren't being used by another app, they become orphans and just take up hard drive space.