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Is It Ok To Uninstall These Orphaned Packages?

Asked by taurus

Is it ok to remove these orphaned packages from my ubuntu 8.04 without affecting DVD, MP3 playback? I don't know if these packages have anytihing to do with gstreamer, mp3, or dvd playback:

guile-1.6-libs
libdb4.2
libdb4.3
libdb4.4
libdb4.5
libdns32
libexchange-storage1.2-3
libgdl-gnome-1-0
libgksu1.2-1
libgksuui1.0-1
libgmime2.2-cil
libgtkhtml3.8-15
libgtkspell0
libhsqldb-java
liblpint-bonobo0
libneon26
libnss3-0d
libopal-2.2
libpcrecpp0
libsoup2.2-8
libsvg1
libwpg-0.1-1
libwps-0.1-1
libxalan2-java

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Best Charles Profitt (cprofitt) said : 		#1

I can't tell you for sure, but you can always try to uninstall them and if you have issues you could reinstall. If they are orphans I would not think other packages depend on them.

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taurus (taurusxz) said : 		#2

Thanks PrivateVoid, that solved my question.