[Resolved] Safely removing orphan packages?

TiuTalk · 2013-01-23 02:01:12

Today I ran sudo pacman -Rs $(pacman -Qtdq) and got:

Alvos (79): glew-1.9.0-2  jade-1.2.1-8  lib32-acl-2.2.51-2  lib32-atk-2.6.0-1
            lib32-cairo-1.12.8-1  lib32-e2fsprogs-1.42.6-1  lib32-gdk-pixbuf2-2.26.5-1
            lib32-harfbuzz-0.9.9-1  lib32-icu-50.1.1-1  lib32-keyutils-1.5.5-1
            lib32-krb5-1.11-1  lib32-libcups-1.6.1-1  lib32-libgpg-error-1.10-1
            lib32-libldap-2.4.33-1  lib32-libltdl-2.4.2-7  lib32-libxcomposite-0.4.4-1
            lib32-libxft-2.3.1-1  lib32-libxinerama-1.1.2-1  lib32-nspr-4.9.4-1
            lib32-pango-1.32.4-1  lib32-pixman-0.28.2-1  lib32-tdb-1.2.11-1
            libutempter-1.1.6-1  perl-encode-locale-1.03-1  perl-file-listing-6.04-1
            perl-html-parser-3.69-2  perl-html-tagset-3.20-3  perl-http-cookies-6.01-1
            perl-http-daemon-6.01-1  perl-http-date-6.02-1  perl-http-message-6.03-1
            perl-http-negotiate-6.01-1  perl-libwww-6.04-1  perl-lwp-mediatypes-6.02-1
            perl-net-http-6.03-1  perl-sgmls-1.03ii-4  perl-uri-1.60-1
            perl-www-robotrules-6.02-1  perl-xml-namespacesupport-1.11-2
            perl-xml-sax-0.99-3  perl-xml-sax-base-1.08-2  python-3.3.0-3
            python2-crypto-2.6-3  wxgtk-2.8.12.1-4  xbitmaps-1.1.1-2  xinetd-2.3.15-2
            xorg-luit-1.1.1-1  boost-1.50.0-4  cabextract-1.4-2  ctemplate-2.2-1
            dkms-2.2.0.3-12  docbook2x-0.8.8-11  gnu-netcat-0.7.1-4  icoutils-0.30.0-1
            lib32-gettext-0.18.2-1  lib32-glu-9.0.0-1  lib32-gtk2-2.24.14-1
            lib32-libcanberra-0.30-2  lib32-libgcrypt-1.5.0-1  lib32-libpng12-1.2.50-2
            lib32-nss-3.14.1.1.93-1  lib32-openal-1.15.1-1  lib32-sdl-1.2.15-3
            libiodbc-3.52.8-1  libzip-0.10.1-1  mesa-demos-8.0.1-2  mysql-python-1.2.3-3
            netkit-bsd-finger-0.17-7  perl-xml-libxml-1.98-1  python-cairo-1.10.0-2
            python2-docutils-0.10-1  python2-paramiko-1.9.0-1  python2-pexpect-2.4-2
            python2-pysqlite-2.6.3-3  scons-2.2.0-1  tinyxml-2.6.2-2  toluapp-1.0.93-6
            wxpython-2.8.12.1-4  xterm-288-1

Total removido:     407,39 MiB

Deseja remover estes pacotes? [S/n]

Sorry for the output beign in portuguese, the question is... is it safe to remove all those packages?

There are a few there that worries me, like Python, xTerm and dkms.

Last edited by TiuTalk (2013-01-23 14:23:08)

jasonwryan · 2013-01-23 02:08:51

If you don't need them, sure it is safe to remove them. You can always check if you are uncertain with pacman -Qi $pkg

ewaller · 2013-01-23 03:08:31

Yes. If you are paranoid, don't clear your cache and save that list to a file. You can always put them back from cache using the file you created before you removed them.

And remember, just because one is paranoid, it does not mean they are not out to get you

Scimmia · 2013-01-23 04:03:53

You can probably remove Python 3 if you really want to as long as you have Python 2 installed.

xterm isn't needed if you have another terminal emulator.

dkms is only for recompiling modules after a kernel update. If you're using modules from the main repos, it's not doing anything.

Last edited by Scimmia (2013-01-23 04:06:20)

karol · 2013-01-23 12:08:06

You may want to run

pacman -R $(pacman -Qtdq)

and not 'pacman -Rs' first. This will show just the unneeded packages w/o cluttering the output with their unneeded dependencies.

Run

LC_ALL=C <command>

to get output in English.

TiuTalk · 2013-01-23 14:22:48

My question were answered and i've learned something today!

Thank you all.

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[Resolved] Safely removing orphan packages?

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