[SOLVED] Disabling Pacman Hook!!

Rayshabh · 2022-04-18 05:50:00

Suppose I create a pacman hook to automate a task and save it in /etc/pacman.d/hooks directory. If at some point in the future, I don't want that task to execute automatically using that pacman hook, can I just delete that .hook file to prevent that task from being executed automatically next time?

I did read about “Overriding the Hook” https://archlinux.org/pacman/alpm-hooks … ding_hooks......
I understood the working, but I just want to know if simply deleting the .hook file would work or not!

#JUSTCURIOUS!

Last edited by Rayshabh (2022-04-18 07:01:35)

Ferdinand · 2022-04-18 06:06:31

Yes. If you delete the hook file it will not be run any more.
Another way to disable a hook can be just to rename the file, eg. from something.hook to something.inactive

Rayshabh · 2022-04-18 06:29:48

Ferdinand wrote:

Yes. If you delete the hook file it will not be run any more.
Another way to disable a hook can be just to rename the file, eg. from something.hook to something.inactive

Yeah, renaming the file feels a lot simpler and quicker approach than overriding the file. Also, I don't have to delete the hook file (in case if I need it back again).

Thank you for your suggestion!

Ferdinand · 2022-04-18 07:02:49

Uhm.. don't know if you misunderstood me - I ment renaming hook files you have placed in /etc/pacman.d/hooks, either to add your own hooks or to override hooks in /usr/share/libalpm/hooks.

It's not a good idea to rename or delete hooks in /usr/share/libalpm/hooks as these are added by installed packages and will be overwritten or recreated when the packages are updated.

If you want to disable or override a hook in /usr/share/libalpm/hooks, you create a hook file with the same name in /etc/pacman.d/hooks.
A similarly named file in /etc/pacman.d/hooks will be run instead of the hook file in /usr/share/libalpm/hooks.
If you want to plain disable the hook file in /usr/share/libalpm/hooks, the right way to do that will be to let the file in /etc/pacman.d/hooks be a symbolic link to /dev/null.

Check out the description in the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman#Hooks

Last edited by Ferdinand (2022-04-18 07:04:34)

Rayshabh · 2022-04-18 07:19:14

Ferdinand wrote:

Uhm.. don't know if you misunderstood me - I ment renaming hook files you have placed in /etc/pacman.d/hooks, either to add your own hooks or to override hooks in /usr/share/libalpm/hooks.
It's not a good idea to rename or delete hooks in /usr/share/libalpm/hooks as these are added by installed packages and will be overwritten or recreated when the packages are updated.
If you want to disable or override a hook in /usr/share/libalpm/hooks, you create a hook file with the same name in /etc/pacman.d/hooks.
A similarly named file in /etc/pacman.d/hooks will be run instead of the hook file in /usr/share/libalpm/hooks.
If you want to plain disable the hook file in /usr/share/libalpm/hooks, the right way to do that will be to let the file in /etc/pacman.d/hooks be a symbolic link to /dev/null.
Check out the description in the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman#Hooks

Understood! Thanks a ton!

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#1 2022-04-18 05:50:00

[SOLVED] Disabling Pacman Hook!!

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Re: [SOLVED] Disabling Pacman Hook!!

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Re: [SOLVED] Disabling Pacman Hook!!

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Re: [SOLVED] Disabling Pacman Hook!!

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Re: [SOLVED] Disabling Pacman Hook!!

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