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iamybj

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Registered: 2007-05-08

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How to uninstall depended packages???

I went to install eva from aur, but the process was break and prompted no x86_64 architecture...
But I found some new entries in programming menu like Qt Assistant, Qt Designer, Qt Linguist,,,,How to remove all packages no needed by the system ???

Last edited by iamybj (2010-04-02 10:43:02)

barzam

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Registered: 2009-01-27

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Re: How to uninstall depended packages???

Use pacman,
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pac … g_packages

iamybj

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Registered: 2007-05-08

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Re: How to uninstall depended packages???

Use pacman,
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pac … g_packages

I think you never understand what I said .....

If you know there is a "apt-get autoremove" command in Debian's apt system, you will know my meaning .....
I didn't install the package, but its depends had been installed... And I don't know if there are other packages installed by this way.

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Re: How to uninstall depended packages???

While his comment was a bit tongue in cheek, he's suggesting you to read the pacman manual:

$ man pacman

It contains what you need . Since this is not a pacman issue, I'm moving this to a more appropriate location.

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iamybj

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Registered: 2007-05-08

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Re: How to uninstall depended packages???

While his comment was a bit tongue in cheek, he's suggesting you to read the pacman manual:

$ man pacman

It contains what you need . Since this is not a pacman issue, I'm moving this to a more appropriate location.

Did you read my paste ????????

I means if there is a command like "pacman -Rcuns", NOT  "pacman -Rcun package_name",,, bcz I don't know the package_name!

barzam

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2009-01-27

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Re: How to uninstall depended packages???

I searched the wiki for "autoremove" and found this:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman_Rosetta

Another tip is to do a man pacman and read it as well.

Runiq

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Registered: 2008-10-29

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Re: How to uninstall depended packages???

On a sidenote, you could start makepkg with the "-r" switch - it uninstalls all unnecessary dependencies after running makepkg. If the package didn't build successfully, it removes *all* dependencies of said package, which is quite handy.

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ZaQ

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Registered: 2009-12-12

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Re: How to uninstall depended packages???

I guess, you're looking for pacman -Rcsn `pacman -Qdtq`. That is uninstalling all not excepletely installed pakages.