[Solved] Proper method to remove multilib repository?

headkase · 2013-09-19 10:00:57

I've looked at the sparse Multilib Wiki Page and I have googled to no avail for instructions to properly remove the multilib repository and installed packages from it on my system.

pacman -Qs lib32*

Gives me a list of 32 bit packages installed on my machine however I am not versed in how to use a wildcard (*) with pacman -R.

My general idea of how to go about this is a) remove all 32 bit packages, b) comment out the multilib repo in pacman.conf, c) pacman -Syy

Any advice? If I get a working solution I'll edit it into the Wiki Multilib page.

Last edited by headkase (2013-09-19 10:45:15)

kaszak696 · 2013-09-19 10:17:43

LANG=C pacman -Sl multilib | grep installed | cut -d ' ' -f 2

Does show you a list of installed packages from the multilib repo, although there might be a more efficient method.

Last edited by kaszak696 (2013-09-19 10:18:25)

headkase · 2013-09-19 10:23:18

Ok, thank you, that gives me a proper list. Now, how to pass that list to pacman -R?

kaszak696 · 2013-09-19 10:25:48

By command substitution:

pacman -R `LANG=C pacman -Sl multilib | grep installed | cut -d ' ' -f 2`

Last edited by kaszak696 (2013-09-19 10:26:07)

headkase · 2013-09-19 10:39:12

Ok,

I ran into troubles with gcc-libs. The solution to that was to

# pacman -S gcc-libs base-devel

Once that was done then I ran your command substitution line and it removed all the 32 bit packages:

# pacman -R `LANG=C pacman -Sl multilib | grep installed | cut -d ' ' -f 2`

Then I commented out multilib in

/etc/pacman.conf

Then

# pacman -Syy

And then in

/var/lib/pacman/sync

I deleted multilib.db.

Then

# pacman -Sc

to remove packages that were no longer installed from the cache.

Thank you very much!

Last edited by headkase (2013-09-19 11:12:41)

boxofrox · 2015-03-05 20:10:19

@headkase, thank you for posting your solution. I rarely see anyone who asks a question bother sharing their solution beyond, "I figured it out.". You, sir, are a scholar and a gentle...person.

jasonwryan · 2015-03-05 20:32:27

This is documented in the wiki now. Please don't necrobump: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … Bumping.27

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