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#1 2015-06-14 13:22:04
- maggie
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Remove an entire group but keep members that are deps
I would like to remove all members of the gnome group that are not needed for other packages but don't know which switch will do it.
# pacman -Rs gnome
checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: gtk3: requires adwaita-icon-theme
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#2 2015-06-14 13:23:27
- graysky
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Re: Remove an entire group but keep members that are deps
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#3 2015-06-14 13:33:56
- Head_on_a_Stick
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Re: Remove an entire group but keep members that are deps
Install the packages explicitly before attempting to remove the gnome group:
# pacman -S adwaita-icon-theme gnome-themes-standard
# pacman -Rs gnome-s, --recursive
Remove each target specified including all of their dependencies, provided that (A) they are not required by other packages; and (B) they were not explicitly installed by the user. This operation is recursive and analogous to a backwards --sync operation, and it helps keep a clean system without orphans. If you want to omit condition (B), pass this option twice.
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#4 2015-06-14 13:37:20
- Allan
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Re: Remove an entire group but keep members that are deps
There is a better way...
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#5 2015-06-14 13:54:03
- graysky
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Re: Remove an entire group but keep members that are deps
There is a better way...
And I believe that it's spelled out in the manpage under the REMOVE OPTIONS section:
-u, --unneeded
Removes targets that are not required by any other packages. This is mostly useful when removing a group without
using the -c option, to avoid breaking any dependencies.
So try:
pacman -Rsu gnome...and please spend 5 minutes looking though the man page before posting. Not only are you likely to find the solution, you may actually learn something for later use.
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