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#1 2008-09-15 20:49:18
- JoshuaK
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Uninstalling from AUR
I installed a pkg from AUR (ksplash-arch to be exact) but found i didnt like it. So how do i remove it? i did tar -xf file.tar.gz makepkg -c the pacman -U file.pkg.tar.gz
Help?
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#2 2008-09-15 20:51:07
- j.roszk
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Re: Uninstalling from AUR
man pacman
In your case it should be pacman -R ksplash-arch
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#3 2008-09-15 23:26:41
- ssjlegendx
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Re: Uninstalling from AUR
man pacman
In your case it should be pacman -R ksplash-arch
As j.roszk said, you can remove the package with Pacman.
Even though the PKGBUILD and perhaps some other files were obtained through AUR, running makepkg builds a package that can be handled by Pacman -- the same kind that you download when installing from the official repositories. 
Without the use of a wrapper or other utility, Pacman itself will allow you to install the package you built, keep track of its installed presence, and remove it (using a command similar to that quoted above). Upgrading the package, on the other hand, will -- in the absence of said wrapper or utility -- require that you download the updated tarball and/or PKGBUILD, run makepkg again, and install the new package over the old one.
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#4 2008-09-15 23:48:28
- sand_man
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Re: Uninstalling from AUR
yaourt makes this a lot easier.
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#5 2008-09-16 15:47:27
- JoshuaK
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Re: Uninstalling from AUR
So basically the AUR is a d/l and then extarct thing that once that is done you can pacman everything like normal? sweet. Now if only there was a way to do like pacman -S aur-my-file rather than downloading each separate. Can i upgrade through pacman or must i download new stuff (like exe's in win and deb files in ubuntu)? is there an AUR thing that does this? i will look into yaourt i guess
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#6 2008-09-16 17:11:43
- Profjim
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Re: Uninstalling from AUR
yaourt does what you're looking for.
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