Find all packages explicitly installed, excluding base packages?

Odysseus · 2009-03-20 20:58:21

The -Qe option for pacman is fairly handy, but it includes all the packages installed when I first installed Arch.
Is there a way to just see all the packages I have explicitly installed myself, not by the installer?

Last edited by Odysseus (2009-03-20 20:58:36)

MoonSwan · 2009-03-20 21:24:09

Search the forum for this, or look at the "Handy Utilities you made" thread, iirc there are a few scripts floating around that do this. Also check Xyne's page for his Arch utilities.

Procyon · 2009-03-20 21:36:29

Something like this?

pacman -Qi | awk '/^Name/ {name=$3} /^Groups/ { if ( $3 != "base" ) { print name } }'

EDIT

Good idea Ranguvar, and also use -Qei

pacman -Qei | awk '/^Name/ {name=$3} /^Groups/ { if ( $3 != "base" && $3 != "base-devel") { print name } }'

Last edited by Procyon (2009-03-20 21:52:09)

Ranguvar · 2009-03-20 21:42:01

You may also want to filter out base-devel.

Odysseus · 2009-03-20 22:28:45

Thanks guys! Yea, I do have base-devel installed too, so even better!

Oh, and how would I go about aliasing that? I'm getting a syntax error from awk if I try this:

alias pacman-explicit="pacman -Qei | awk '/^Name/ {name=$3} /^Groups/ { if ( $3 != "base" && $3 != "base-devel" ) { print name } }'"

Last edited by Odysseus (2009-03-20 22:44:26)

Xiong Chiamiov · 2009-04-25 17:41:12

Odysseus wrote:

Thanks guys! Yea, I do have base-devel installed too, so even better!
Oh, and how would I go about aliasing that? I'm getting a syntax error from awk if I try this:
alias pacman-explicit="pacman -Qei | awk '/^Name/ {name=$3} /^Groups/ { if ( $3 != "base" && $3 != "base-devel" ) { print name } }'"

You need to encase it in a function:

function pacman-explicit () pacman -Qei | awk '/^Name/ {name=$3} /^Groups/ { if ( $3 != "base" && $3 != "base-devel") { print name } }'

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#1 2009-03-20 20:58:21

Find all packages explicitly installed, excluding base packages?

#2 2009-03-20 21:24:09

Re: Find all packages explicitly installed, excluding base packages?

#3 2009-03-20 21:36:29

Re: Find all packages explicitly installed, excluding base packages?

#4 2009-03-20 21:42:01

Re: Find all packages explicitly installed, excluding base packages?

#5 2009-03-20 22:28:45

Re: Find all packages explicitly installed, excluding base packages?

#6 2009-04-25 17:41:12

Re: Find all packages explicitly installed, excluding base packages?

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