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cpalui

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Registered: 2013-04-23

Posts: 6

pacman -Qm

I don't use a lot of AUR, and I don't use yaourt, only pacman : tar -xvzf package.tar.gz, cd /home/me/builds/package, makepkg -s, pacman -U package.pkg.tar.xz, and that's ok.
I only installed lilo 24.0-1 and littre 2.0-2. But with pacman -Qm :
kdeplasma-applets-networkmanagement 1:0.9.0.9-1
lilo 24.0-1
littre 2.0-2
llvm-amdgpu-lib-snapshot 20130403-3
pkgtools 24-4
I don't kwnow why I  have kdeplasma-applets-networkmanagement, llvm-amdgpu-lib-snapshot and pkgtools. Where do they come from? Can I remove them safely? With whoneeds there is no dependance.
Thank you.

graysky

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Registered: 2008-12-01

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Re: pacman -Qm

These are packages that are not in the official repos that you have enabled in /etc/pacman.conf so pacman assumes they have been manually installed.  You need to figure out if each one is in use before removing... are you using lilo as your boot loader?  If so, probably not a good idea to remove it.  No idea about the rest of them.  You will have to figure it out.

Last edited by graysky (2013-11-19 11:10:30)

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Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 15,401

Re: pacman -Qm

graysky, atleast 1 of those packages WAS in official repos in the past but has been removed.

I have all aur pacakges i use in a local repo of my own, and the most common reason for packages listed by Qm is they have been removed from the repos.
I always compare pacman -Qm output with that of pacman -Qdt .

cpalui ,
llvm-amdgpu-lib-snapshot 20130403-3 was a dependency of mesa in the past, but is no longer needed (it's fiunctionality is provided by llvm 3.3+) .

kdeplasma-applets-networkmanagement 1:0.9.0.9-1 : i think i read kde switched to a new applet for network management, verify if you need it

pkgtools 24-4 :
I'm 99% sure this was integrated in pacman 4.1 , but verify before removing

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okubax

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From: Kent, UK.

Registered: 2010-04-24

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Re: pacman -Qm

KDE is indeed using a new network applets kdeplasma-applets-plasma-nm and the old one was moved to the aur.

graysky

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Registered: 2008-12-01

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Re: pacman -Qm

graysky, atleast 1 of those packages WAS in official repos in the past but has been
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If the OP never uses the AUR then all of them are in that category

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cpalui

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Registered: 2013-04-23

Posts: 6

Re: pacman -Qm

thanks for answers
I use littre and lilo (lilo was official). I will remove kdeplasma-applets-networkmanagement and llvm-amdgpu-lib-snapshot and install kdeplasma-applets-plasma-nm and llvm. I keep pkgtools for whoneeds (or a better idea ?).
Thank you.

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: pacman -Qm

pkgtools was dropped to the AUR because nobody wanted to take care of it in the official repos:
https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail … 25459.html

Nothing wrong with keeping it installed and using it if you like it.