pacman wildevards*

papierschiff · 2008-08-01 07:53:10

hello,
i have the problem, that when i want to remove many packets i must type the whole name.
for example: kdemod-kdegraphics-kpdf

can i write something like kdemo*kpdf or something other?

lg
ps

shining · 2008-08-01 08:08:08

Why don't you use bash or zsh tab completion to make that much easier?

papierschiff · 2008-08-01 08:14:03

this doesn't work. nothing happen when i use tab. -or what should i do?

shining · 2008-08-01 08:16:28

I suppose you use bash then? In this case, try this :
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bas … Completion

papierschiff · 2008-08-01 08:22:45

ah.. this was it. thanks... so easy if you know it

papierschiff · 2008-08-02 09:29:09

hej,
i cleaup my system at the moment, and bash-compleshion isn't enough...

for example when i go to my starmenu and see kppp, which i don't need any more. but i can't write pacman -R *kppp*. i must write first pacman -Ss kppp and than i must write pacman -R kdemod[...]kppp

is there an other alternative???

shining · 2008-08-02 09:43:48

You can try this

pacman -Rs $(pacman -Qsq kppp)

This just combines the two commands you need into one. But it only works when the search is precise enough, and only returns the packages you want to remove.

papierschiff · 2008-08-02 09:48:37

hm, this looks not easy to use, but its much better.. thanks.

shining · 2008-08-02 10:12:32

You could always add this to your user .bashrc :

pacR() {
        sudo pacman -Rs $(pacman -Qsq $1)
}

or the same without sudo to your root .bashrc, if you run pacman as root.
Then you can just do

pacR kppp

papierschiff · 2008-08-02 10:37:15

hehe, this looks nice... i didn't thought that such is so easy with the bash... very cool

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pacman wildevards*

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