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ppr

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Registered: 2011-10-04

Posts: 32

-Qtd wants delete gnome-common, gnome-disk-utility, ...

# yaourt -Qtd
extra/cmake 2.8.6-1
local/fam 2.7.0-16
extra/git 1.7.7.3-1
extra/gnome-common 2.34.0-1
extra/gnome-disk-utility 3.0.2-2 (gnome-extra)
extra/gnome-sharp 2.24.2-1
extra/gob2 2.0.17-1
extra/guile 1.8.8-1
extra/intltool 0.41.1-2
multilib/lib32-libsamplerate 0.1.7-3
extra/libgraphite 2.3.1-2
community/libx86 1.1-3
extra/python-wnck 2.32.0-8
local/silc-toolkit 1.1.10-1
y==> Do you want to remove these packages (with -Rcs options) ?  [y/N]
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==> 
checking dependencies...

Remove (21): silc-toolkit-1.1.10-1  python-wnck-2.32.0-8  libx86-1.1-3  libgraphite-2.3.1-2  lib32-libsamplerate-0.1.7-3  intltool-0.41.1-2
             guile-1.8.8-1  gob2-2.0.17-1  gnome-sharp-2.24.2-1  gnome-disk-utility-3.0.2-2  gnome-common-2.34.0-1  git-1.7.7.3-1  fam-2.7.0-16
             cmake-2.8.6-1  gconf-sharp-peditors-2.24.2-1  libgnome-sharp-2.24.2-1  libunique3-3.0.2-1  perl-error-0.17016-2  rpcbind-0.2.0-3
             art-sharp-2.24.2-1  gnome-vfs-sharp-2.24.2-1

Total Removed Size:   63.67 MB

Do you want to remove these packages? [Y/n] 

Lots of these packages seems to be important. Why -Qtd wants to delete it? Should I say yes?

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: -Qtd wants delete gnome-common, gnome-disk-utility, ...

If you want to keep them, you can change the reason those packages are installed from 'as a dependency for another package' to 'explicitly installed' - see '-D' switch in pacman's man page.

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

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Re: -Qtd wants delete gnome-common, gnome-disk-utility, ...

from there only gnome-disk-utility is worth keeping and git. the rest can be removed.

gnome-common is used only at compilations to generated "configure"

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ppr

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Re: -Qtd wants delete gnome-common, gnome-disk-utility, ...

Ok but why pacman wants to delete git for example, I use git a lot!

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: -Qtd wants delete gnome-common, gnome-disk-utility, ...

       -t, --unrequired
           Restrict or filter output to packages not required by any currently
           installed package.

Which package requires git?
On my system: none

[karol@black ~]$ pacman -Qi git
Name           : git
Version        : 1.7.7.3-1
URL            : http://git-scm.com/
Licenses       : GPL2
Groups         : None
Provides       : git-core
Depends On     : curl  expat>=2.0  perl-error  perl>=5.14.0  openssl  pcre
Optional Deps  : tk: gitk and git gui
                 perl-libwww: git svn
                 perl-term-readkey: git svn
                 perl-mime-tools: git send-email
                 perl-net-smtp-ssl: git send-email TLS support
                 perl-authen-sasl: git send-email TLS support
                 python2: various helper scripts
                 subversion: git svn
                 cvsps: git cvsimport
Required By    : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces       : git-core
Installed Size : 13872,00 KiB
Packager       : Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
Architecture   : i686
Build Date     : śro, 9 lis 2011, 05:35:15
Install Date   : śro, 9 lis 2011, 21:01:42
Install Reason : Installed as a dependency for another package
Install Script : No
Description    : the fast distributed version control system

stefanwilkens

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From: Enschede, the Netherlands

Registered: 2008-12-10

Posts: 624

Re: -Qtd wants delete gnome-common, gnome-disk-utility, ...

Ok but why pacman wants to delete git for example, I use git a lot!

You're asking pacman what you can remove from your system without stopping anything from running. Apparently, nothing you have installed needs git to work. (it may be needed at build time, but that's not what you're asking).

Like karol said, you can tell pacman that git (for example) is installed for a reason other than being a runtime dependency for something else.

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wonder

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Re: -Qtd wants delete gnome-common, gnome-disk-utility, ...

pretty sure git was installed as a makedepends for one of your package.

just mark git as needed with pacman -D --asexplicit git

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