Bug 488590

Summary:	Show if a folder is part of a package in my system, asking to the package manager (if exists!)
Product:	[Applications] filelight	Reporter:	Daniele Basso <d.bass05>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	d.bass05, martin.sandsmark, sitter
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
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Description Daniele Basso 2024-06-16 17:00:21 UTC

SUMMARY
Maybe is a dumb idea, but how about adding the option to enlight to the user if a file in his system is part of this or that package? So I understand somehow which ones are heaviest and I can clean up from the PM instead of deleting unsafely system files. I'm on Arch Linux and I think that should not be a problem with lots of distributions (apt, pacman, dnf, ecc)

Comment 1 Harald Sitter 2024-06-17 14:27:42 UTC

It's not a bad idea but I think this is a job for a package manager. They know how large a given package is and how to remove it (or if it can be removed at all -- dependencies etc.).