How to remove orphaned unused packages in Arch Linux

Arch Linux uses pacman command to add or remove packages. It is a package management utility that tracks installed packages on Arch. So when you uninstall or remove packages, some dependencies are left behind, taking up disk space. In this quick tutorial, I will explain how to remove ALL orphaned packages installed as a dependency and no longer required by any package on Arch Linux.

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How to install htop on Arch Linux

I am a new user of Arch Linux operating system. How do I install htop on Arch Linux using the pacman command?

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Can I delete /var/cache/apt/archives for Ubuntu/Debian Linux?

I noticed that /var/cache/apt/archives/ taking lots of disk space on my AWS EC2 cloud server powered by Debian Linux. Can I delete /var/cache/apt/archives/ folder? Is it safe to remove all files? Do we absolutely necessary to keep all these files?

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