[Solved]Remove recently installed packages

Zhme · 2017-10-19 22:55:45

I recently installed KDE desktop environment and it loads/runs very slowly. I was hoping to uninstall the massive packages and dependencies for the desktop env. So to be clear what is the best way to list installed packages, by date/time if possible and which command is the safest to remove them?

Last edited by Zhme (2019-11-29 05:05:19)

Slithery · 2017-10-19 23:00:22

/var/log/pacman.log

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … g_packages

Zhme · 2017-10-19 23:05:55

Using expac I created a text file with all the packages installed in order. Is there a way to uninstall everything after a certain time??

seth · 2017-10-20 08:19:11

Sure.

Why do you remotely think that this is somehow a good idea?
This sounds very much like an xy problem - what's your actual issue?

mpan · 2017-10-20 09:08:04

Zhme has explained that the problem is to roll back KDE+friends installation. Not an XY.

Zhme:
When using expac, output the packages with installation time, as epoch time, in the following format: “time pkgName”. Then use awk to list only the packages over some specified time: awk '$1 > epochTime'. Finally cut only the second column. You have your list.

seth · 2017-10-20 10:17:18

Then don't use KDE or uninmstall it - time-based purges are russian roulette, notably after sth. like "pacman -Syu kde"

loqs · 2017-10-20 16:28:21

Check the system's pacman.log for the package or groups that were installed to install kde. See Removing packages to remove the packages and their dependencies.
See also `man pacman`s Remove option section.
Edit:
missed slithery had already covered this.

Last edited by loqs (2017-10-20 16:29:31)

Zhme · 2017-10-25 21:36:36

Sorry for the delayed response. I appreciate the feedback, I realize now that I had been overly eager to get and answer and that my questions were clearly answered in the wiki. As far as my problem went I didn't actually troubleshoot and fix the problem I did a clean reinstall. I took it as a learning experience and have had a lot more success/progress just installing a window manager and reading extensively into each package and command that I use! Thank you again for trying to help me!

Seeing as I didn't actually solve a question that someone may find using a similar thread title, I assume I shouldn't mark this as solved, leaving an empty trail??

jasonwryan · 2017-10-25 21:48:50

Mark it as resolved.

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[Solved]Remove recently installed packages

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