Arch Linux

mapring

Member

From: Thailand

Registered: 2015-11-08

Posts: 18

[Solved] How do I remove the bloated software that came preinstalled?

I'm a beginner at arch linux and this is my first time to get it install correctly. Now I want to install it on another computer of mine however I want to avoid installing unneccasery software that came preinstalled with gnome. What would be the best way in acheving that ? Currently I'm using (to sort of packages that is not required by other packages):
#! /bin/bash

ignoregrp="base base-devel"
ignorepkg=""

comm -23 <(pacman -Qqt | sort) <(echo $ignorepkg | tr ' ' '\n' | cat <(pacman -Sqg $ignoregrp) - | sort -u)

Thank you
Sorry if this was a badly ask question

Last edited by mapring (2015-11-08 08:53:20)

jasonwryan

Anarchist

From: .nz

Registered: 2009-05-09

Posts: 30,424

Website

Re: [Solved] How do I remove the bloated software that came preinstalled?

1. Don't install Gnome.
2. Profit.

---

Arch + dwm   •   Mercurial repos  •   Surfraw

Registered Linux User #482438

Scimmia

Fellow

Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 11,598

Re: [Solved] How do I remove the bloated software that came preinstalled?

preinstalled? Is this Arch? Nothing related to Gnome comes preinstalled.

ewaller

Administrator

From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 19,804

Re: [Solved] How do I remove the bloated software that came preinstalled?

Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot,? over.

What means you,

unneccasery software that came preinstalled with gnome.

As you know, nothing but core comes pre-installed on Arch.  How did you install Gnome?  What guide did you follow?  What do you regard as (sic)unneccasery?

---

Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature -- Michael Faraday
Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine. -- Alan Turing
---
How to Ask Questions the Smart Way

mapring

Member

From: Thailand

Registered: 2015-11-08

Posts: 18

Re: [Solved] How do I remove the bloated software that came preinstalled?

I followed the beginner guide and procceed to install xorg bumblebee driver and gnome and gnome-extra.
I meant the gnome game and some other softwares that I didn't use.

Last edited by mapring (2015-11-08 06:49:19)

Scimmia

Fellow

Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 11,598

Re: [Solved] How do I remove the bloated software that came preinstalled?

So it's simply, don't install entire groups.

mapring

Member

From: Thailand

Registered: 2015-11-08

Posts: 18

Re: [Solved] How do I remove the bloated software that came preinstalled?

So instead of pressing enter and getting all the default setting I should write out the application or software that I want to be install?
(eg. 1, 3, 20 etc)

V1del

Forum Moderator

Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 21,771

Re: [Solved] How do I remove the bloated software that came preinstalled?

Yes, or if the group of packages that you don't want is smaller than the one you want exclude specific ones with ^ (^2,^3) https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … age_groups

Last edited by V1del (2015-11-08 08:46:53)

mapring

Member

From: Thailand

Registered: 2015-11-08

Posts: 18

Re: [Solved] How do I remove the bloated software that came preinstalled?

Yes, that was what I'm looking for!
Thank you V1del

Awebb

Member

Registered: 2010-05-06

Posts: 6,307

Re: [Solved] How do I remove the bloated software that came preinstalled?

Yes, or if the group of packages that you don't want is smaller than the one you want exclude specific ones with ^ (^2,^3) https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … age_groups

Foxtrot. Uniform. Charlie. Kilo. Over. I've been using Arch for years and didn't know about this ^ group excluder!

graysky

Wiki Maintainer

From: :wq

Registered: 2008-12-01

Posts: 10,600

Website

Re: [Solved] How do I remove the bloated software that came preinstalled?

Yes, or if the group of packages that you don't want is smaller than the one you want exclude specific ones with ^ (^2,^3) https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … age_groups

Foxtrot. Uniform. Charlie. Kilo. Over. I've been using Arch for years and didn't know about this ^ group excluder!

+1 thanks for pointed me to it.

---

CPU-optimized Linux-ck packages @ Repo-ck  • AUR packages • Zsh and other configs

MoSal

Member

Registered: 2015-09-23

Posts: 32

Re: [Solved] How do I remove the bloated software that came preinstalled?

Yes, or if the group of packages that you don't want is smaller than the one you want exclude specific ones with ^ (^2,^3) https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … age_groups

Foxtrot. Uniform. Charlie. Kilo. Over. I've been using Arch for years and didn't know about this ^ group excluder!

Code is the best source of documentation

I had the idea of implementing negative selections with a minus sign the other day. And found that it was already implemented in the source code.