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#1 2012-03-28 13:07:29
- teateawhy
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[SOLVED] What t.f. is "libfetch", can't be found in packages nor AUR
Today i noticed the package libfetch 2.33-3 showing up, when searching for packages, that are not in any repo using
pacman -Qm
As the package is
A. Not in any repo. http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?sort … =&limit=50
B. Not in the AUR. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?K=libfetch
C. Not built or installed by myself.
Googling around showed my it is used for downloading.
I wonder why it is on my system.
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#2 2012-03-28 13:10:52
- Allan
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Re: [SOLVED] What t.f. is "libfetch", can't be found in packages nor AUR
it used to be used for various things including pacman...
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#3 2012-03-28 13:14:03
- teateawhy
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Re: [SOLVED] What t.f. is "libfetch", can't be found in packages nor AUR
it used to be used for various things including pacman...
So am i safe to remove it now?
Is there no mechanism for removing obsolete packages?
Maybe because of KISS...
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#4 2012-03-28 13:15:00
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Re: [SOLVED] What t.f. is "libfetch", can't be found in packages nor AUR
It was needed once upon a time but is no longer necessary and can be removed. Can't find where using pacman but no doubt it's in a mailing list
Rauchen verboten
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#5 2012-03-28 13:17:32
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Re: [SOLVED] What t.f. is "libfetch", can't be found in packages nor AUR
Allan wrote:it used to be used for various things including pacman...
So am i safe to remove it now?
Is there no mechanism for removing obsolete packages?
Maybe because of KISS...
Pacman doesn't remove packages itself because it's your job to identify them afaik
It's safe to remove the output of
pacman -QdtRauchen verboten
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#6 2012-03-28 13:17:35
- teateawhy
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Re: [SOLVED] What t.f. is "libfetch", can't be found in packages nor AUR
It was needed once upon a time but is no longer necessary and can be removed. Can't find where using pacman but no doubt it's in a mailing list
OK. Thank you for the quick answer.
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#7 2012-03-28 14:24:18
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Re: [SOLVED] What t.f. is "libfetch", can't be found in packages nor AUR
Do a pacman -Qi libfetch, it tells you that it is a BSD license dependency for openssl.
I may have to CONSOLE you about your usage of ridiculously easy graphical interfaces...
Look ma, no mouse.
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#8 2012-03-28 15:52:04
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Re: [SOLVED] What t.f. is "libfetch", can't be found in packages nor AUR
Do a pacman -Qi libfetch, it tells you that it is a BSD license dependency for openssl.
libfetch depends on openssl, not the other way around.
It's safe to remove the output of
pacman -Qdt
It's safe, but you might end up removing things you wanted to keep :-)
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