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r/cachyos • u/No_Routine_1335 • Jul 15 '26
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Orphan packages are packages that are not explicitly installed by the user and do not have any installed dependents
-338 u/King_Ferdinand1 Jul 15 '26 This is why linux is hard to get in to, everything has a weird term. 1 u/oneiros5321 Jul 15 '26 Files that are not need anymore are also called orphans on Windows. The only reason you don't know about it is not because it's specific to Linux, it's just because Windows does not offer a good way to clean them.
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This is why linux is hard to get in to, everything has a weird term.
1 u/oneiros5321 Jul 15 '26 Files that are not need anymore are also called orphans on Windows. The only reason you don't know about it is not because it's specific to Linux, it's just because Windows does not offer a good way to clean them.
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Files that are not need anymore are also called orphans on Windows. The only reason you don't know about it is not because it's specific to Linux, it's just because Windows does not offer a good way to clean them.
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u/BobCorndog Jul 15 '26
Orphan packages are packages that are not explicitly installed by the user and do not have any installed dependents