Any way to remove every package with a certain string in its name?

kinkinkijkin · 2016-10-30 23:31:57

As title says

I installed amdgpu-pro without thinking and it overwrote a ton of libraries

I'd like to go back to amdgpu and mesa, how would I uninstall all of amdgpu-pro (using only pacman)?

Trilby · 2016-10-31 00:59:34

If one of these was a top level package for which the others were dependencies, simply remove the top-level package with the -Rsn.

Otherwise, a more direct answer to your question: pacman -Rsn $(pacman -Qs amdgpu-pro)

Of course if it's really just a mater of fixing the libs that were replaced, just install the ones you actually want. Pacman will detect any conflicts and you can confirm that you want to remove any conflicting amdgpu-pro packages.

kinkinkijkin · 2016-10-31 01:04:11

Trilby wrote:

Pacman will detect any conflicts and you can confirm that you want to remove any conflicting amdgpu-pro packages.

last time I tried, pacman complained that files were already installed, by the packages that were being replaced

so thank you

kinkinkijkin · 2016-10-31 01:23:13

Actually I just tried it and it tries to uninstall every line and word within every line of the -Qs

are there any other ways?

mcmillan · 2016-10-31 01:37:49

take a look at what pacman -Qqs does

Trilby · 2016-10-31 01:40:32

Sorry about that - I did mistype that part, it should be Qqs. But your previous post made it sound like you were going with the other approach of just installing the packages you wanted.

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#1 2016-10-30 23:31:57

Any way to remove every package with a certain string in its name?

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