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Lowra

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Registered: 2009-09-21

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[Quest] Pacman -Qdt & Pacman -R theses packages ?

Hello,
I was wondering is there is a way to Remove the packages that my system does not require.

I can do pacman -Qdt to see them, and pacman -R package1 package2...
Is there a way to remove them directly or a trick to do that ?

Thanks

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: [Quest] Pacman -Qdt & Pacman -R theses packages ?

If you really know what you're doing

pacman -Rns $(pacman -Qqdt)

Last edited by karol (2010-09-18 20:44:40)

loafer

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Registered: 2009-04-14

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Re: [Quest] Pacman -Qdt & Pacman -R theses packages ?

Make sure you check the list of packages that are going to be uninstalled first, just to make sure it's sensible.

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Labello

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Registered: 2010-01-21

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Re: [Quest] Pacman -Qdt & Pacman -R theses packages ?

I would not recommend this.

Although I often check my packages with -Qdt I would never ever pipe this into any removal-command. you should try to keep the system sane manually. the propability of breakage much lower ;-)

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: [Quest] Pacman -Qdt & Pacman -R theses packages ?

I would not recommend this.

Although I often check my packages with -Qdt I would never ever pipe this into any removal-command. you should try to keep the system sane manually. the propability of breakage much lower ;-)

'pacman -Qqdt'; if you find some apps you need, remove them from the list, e.g. 'pacman -D --asexplicit <package name>'.
Double check by issuing another 'pacman -Qqdt' and if you're sure, remove all of those packages (with their dependencies, if possible) 'pacman -Rns $(pacman -Qqdt)'.