show new orphans after uninstalling

wain · 2006-03-23 19:18:10

Hello !

I wrote a little script to show new orphans after pacman -R:
http://archiwain.free.fr/os/i686/pacremove/pacremove

exemple:

# pacremove -Rcs grisbi
removing grisbi... done.
This packages are no longer used and can be removed:
libofx

Then I can manually remove "libofx" if I want
This is usefull for manually installed depends for aur's packages (with aurbuild or qpkg).

Maybe this little function could be added in pacman ?

codemac · 2006-03-23 20:07:45

Nice. This is something I was just thinking about yesterday.

lilsirecho · 2006-03-23 20:17:03

wain:

E-Mail the script to Judd!

Gullible Jones · 2006-03-23 20:39:26

You know, to remove orphans with an uninstalled package you can use the '-s' option.

wain · 2006-03-23 21:26:57

Gullible Jones wrote:

You know, to remove orphans with an uninstalled package you can use the '-s' option.

pacman -Rcs doesn't remove explicitly installed packages

Gullible Jones · 2006-03-23 21:41:16

Yup, right you are... Sorry, I didn't take that into account.

codemac · 2006-03-24 06:59:12

Is your host down? I came back to my arch machine just to get a timed out connection.

wain · 2006-03-24 07:23:05

it seems to work.

#!/bin/bash
# wain@gmx.net
# pacremove is a pacman's wrapper that can look for orphans after removing packages
BEFORE=/tmp/before.$$
AFTER=/tmp/after.$$
VERSION='0.1.0'

if (( $# < 2 ))
then
cat << EOF
pacremove version $VERSION
usage:  pacremove {-R --remove} [options] <package>
options:
  -c, --cascade       remove packages and all packages that depend on them
  -d, --nodeps        skip dependency checks
  -k, --dbonly        only remove database entry, do not remove files
  -n, --nosave        remove configuration files as well
  -s, --recursive     remove dependencies also (that won't break packages)
      --config <path> set an alternate configuration file
      --noconfirm     do not ask for any confirmation
      --noprogressbar do not show a progress bar when downloading files
  -v, --verbose       be verbose
  -r, --root <path>   set an alternate installation root
  -b, --dbpath <path> set an alternate database locationthen
EOF
exit 0
fi

# search orphans before removing
pacman -Qe | awk '{print $1}' > $BEFORE

# remove with pacman
pacman $@

# search orphans after removing
pacman -Qe | awk '{print $1}' > $AFTER

# show new orphans
neworphans=$(comm -1 -3 $BEFORE $AFTER)
[ ! -z $neworphans ] && { echo "This packages are no longer used and can be removed:"; echo $neworphans; }

# remove tmp files
rm $BEFORE $AFTER

exit 0

Galdona · 2006-04-06 18:25:52

thanks for the script

ro0x · 2007-01-29 18:21:46

nice feature! I want to see in pacman!

phrakture · 2007-01-29 18:30:38

Please send this script to the pacman-dev mailing list (for credit and discussion).

wain · 2007-01-29 23:00:30

ro0x wrote:

nice feature! I want to see in pacman!

Thanks,
This function is included in yaourt
The goal of yaourt is to

The goal of yaourt is to add all the things which I miss in pacman like AUR support, manage .pacsave/.pacnew files, clean database etc...
Free with the developers to re-use some yaourt's code in pacman (it's GPL)

Romashka · 2007-02-01 23:48:33

phrakture wrote:

Please send this script to the pacman-dev mailing list (for credit and discussion).

It seems I missed it. Was it included in pacman3?

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#1 2006-03-23 19:18:10

show new orphans after uninstalling

#2 2006-03-23 20:07:45

Re: show new orphans after uninstalling

#3 2006-03-23 20:17:03

Re: show new orphans after uninstalling

#4 2006-03-23 20:39:26

Re: show new orphans after uninstalling

#5 2006-03-23 21:26:57

Re: show new orphans after uninstalling

#6 2006-03-23 21:41:16

Re: show new orphans after uninstalling

#7 2006-03-24 06:59:12

Re: show new orphans after uninstalling

#8 2006-03-24 07:23:05

Re: show new orphans after uninstalling

#9 2006-04-06 18:25:52

Re: show new orphans after uninstalling

#10 2007-01-29 18:21:46

Re: show new orphans after uninstalling

#11 2007-01-29 18:30:38

Re: show new orphans after uninstalling

#12 2007-01-29 23:00:30

Re: show new orphans after uninstalling

#13 2007-02-01 23:48:33

Re: show new orphans after uninstalling

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