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#1 2008-10-20 23:17:24

Raccoon1400
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From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: 2008-04-14
Posts: 853

Remove unused dependencies

Is it possible to remove all the dependencies on my machine that are no longer needed?


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#2 2008-10-20 23:54:42

Misfit138
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From: USA
Registered: 2006-11-27
Posts: 4,189

Re: Remove unused dependencies

pacman -Qdt

Will list all orphans.

pacman -Rsn $(pacman -Qdtq)

will remove them all.

But, think, and read the manual beforehand. wink

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#3 2008-10-20 23:57:45

Raccoon1400
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From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: 2008-04-14
Posts: 853

Re: Remove unused dependencies

Here's what it gives. Some of them I should definitely keep, like zip and unrar.
I thought this list would be way bigger.

libsexy? WTF?

[root@duncan-arch duncan]# pacman -Qdt
a2ps 4.13c-1
agg 2.5-2
archlinux-menus 2.1-2
bigreqsproto 1.0.2-1
boost 1.36.0-2
cyrus-sasl 2.1.22-9
dbh 1.0.24-2
ffmpegthumbnailer 1.3.0-1
gtk-doc 1.10-1
hspell 1.0-2
lib32-gtk2 2.12.11-3
lib32-libstdc++5 3.3.6-3
lib32-libxdamage 1.1.1-1
lib32-libxmu 1.0.4-1
lib32-pcre 7.8-1
libdc1394 2.0.1-1
libdca 0.0.5-1
libmpd 0.15.0-1
libsexy 0.1.11-1
mtools 3.9.11-1
opencdk 0.6.6-1
pstoedit 3.45-2
python-elementtree 1.2.6_20050316-1
ttf-dejavu 2.26-1
unrar 3.8.3-1
wxgtk-2.6 2.6.4-2
xalan-java 2.7.1-2
zip 3.0-1
[root@duncan-arch duncan]#

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#4 2008-10-20 23:58:21

foutrelis
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From: Athens, Greece
Registered: 2008-07-28
Posts: 705
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Re: Remove unused dependencies

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman#Other_Usage :: Second quote from the end.

Also, to prevent orphans from piling up in the first place, pass the -s (aka --recursive) switch to pacman when removing packages.

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#5 2017-06-12 20:47:30

kaifis
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Registered: 2016-12-22
Posts: 58

Re: Remove unused dependencies

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Last edited by kaifis (2017-06-12 20:48:28)

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#6 2017-06-12 20:50:41

2ManyDogs
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Registered: 2012-01-15
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Re: Remove unused dependencies

kaifis wrote:

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please don't do that

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#7 2017-06-12 22:30:57

Xyne
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Registered: 2008-08-03
Posts: 6,965
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Re: Remove unused dependencies

2ManyDogs wrote:
kaifis wrote:

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please don't do that


Maybe he realized that this was a necrobump and tried to undo it.

Closing...


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