php5 and orphaned pkgs

[a26b]

In what purpose php5 is kept?
Also, is it safe to remove orphaned packages, or there are some undocumented deps?

[weVeg]

doing

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apt-get autoremove
apt-get autoclean
apt-get clean

you should remove any useless packages, or you can play with

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deborphan

wich just list you  orphan pkg, read deborphans man page for more options and usage!!
About php5 unfortunately I don't know, sorry!!

[ZEROF]

How you think to run apache server without some modules ? Think before you ask questions like this.

EDIT : Today you will learn new linux command. Find, what package owns the file /bin/apache2 :

dpkg -S /bin/apache2

[r083rt]

yes php is needed , some tools need php5 and its dependencies i.e tools that use server side Manipulation
AND apart from the obVIous AS ZEROF just pointed out i.e apache

dpkg -S /bin/apache2

maybe he will understand ZEROF better if he uses the below somethings have  to  be spelled out for some people  ;)

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dpkg -S apache2 | grep "php5/apache" | cut -d: -f2


it was a pretty stupid question !! but that happens alot around here { people asking very silly questions without thinking ! }

Manipulation I SAID some not all,  Dont post that X tools dont  use it  >:( i.e i dont want examples of ones that dont !!!!

the reason it may show up is because its what is known as orphaned :)
{ orphaned : its on its own nothing supporting it .  i.e its left to its own devices } :)  it i.e not fully installed :)  this also depends on the packages and the way there installed on the system .. if the package is sitting out there on its out waving a white flag you can bet deborphan is coming looking for its ass !!!!  ;D

Example : you may come across you a dependency BEFORE that you needed and you installed it , then you do

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sudo apt-get -y purge `deborphan`

you will see that package you just installed deborphan is now asking do you want it removed ?  ??? *NOTE may i.e not all the time this is an EXAMPLE !!!  ;) i.e a trailing package nothing tied to it

Now if you do

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sudo apt-get install name-of-that-package-dev


then do apt-get -y purge `deborphan` AGAIN you will see deborphan will not show it anymore

please look at deborphan --help & man deborphan there is many ways to check using the --guess , --exclude switched etc etc
you dont have to install the full package you can use the exclude switch but its all depends on what your installing !!

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sudo apt-get -y install deboprhan > /dev/null 2>&1
sudo apt-get -y install php5 php5-cli php5-dev > /dev/null 2>&1
sudo apt-get -y purge `deborphan` > /dev/null 2>&1