(Debian/ubuntu-specific) ability to find files not owned by packages

[pixelb]

Original issue 46 created by pixelb on 2010-03-15T19:16:53.000Z:

Hey, i was looking for a tool to help me clean up stuff that i had locally installed from sources before, and other bits and pieces in system that i had inflicted. Fslint helps identify a bunch of packages, but im using a script similar to attached ( with some local tunings like "allow list" of dirs that i know i have installed )

At the first run the output may be several 10s of megabytes, but when you filter it, it actually gives pretty good overview.

[pixelb]

Comment #1 originally posted by pixelb on 2010-03-16T00:26:22.000Z:

So that finds non packaged files in the $PATH That seems useful thanks (though shouldn't they all be installed in /usr/local ?)

[pixelb]

Comment #2 originally posted by pixelb on 2010-03-16T00:26:48.000Z:

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[pixelb]

Comment #3 originally posted by pixelb on 2010-03-16T01:03:16.000Z:

It actually finds non-packaged files in paths given to find ( /bin /boot /etc /lib /man /sbin /usr ). You could include /var and /opt there as well, but its gonna pile up a lot. Everything always doesnt go under /usr/local, my current system has been upgraded through a couple Ubuntu revisions which has caused a lot of stuff left behind and laying about. under /etc, /lib /usr/lib and so on.

FSlint could have an option to do the same operation.

[pixelb]

Comment #4 originally posted by pixelb on 2014-01-10T06:25:37.000Z:

How I can do that fslint do recursive scan /usr and other my custom folders for non-packaged files?

Is there any way do this in GUI or command line?

[pixelb]

Comment #5 originally posted by pixelb on 2014-01-10T09:00:59.000Z:

This is not yet integrated into FSlint. I would suggest trying the find-cruft... script above which can be run independently of fslint