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# autoclean removes partial packages from the system.
$ sudo apt-get autoclean
# Removes .deb packages that apt caches when you install/update programs.
$ sudo apt-get clean
# Removes packages installed as dependencies after the original package is removed from the system.
$ sudo apt-get autoremove
# What gtkorphan does is to find packages that were once used but no longer have any purpose.
# Be careful as to not remove the Gstreamer packages as they are for mp3 encoder/decoding and DVD playback. Do not remove them.
$ sudo apt-get install gtkorphan
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