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#1 2019-10-10 06:50:08
- marmalade
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Uninstall Package Group Without Touching The Packages?
Hi there. Is it possible to uninstall a package group without touching the other packages installed by that group? I ask because I realized that installing the gnome package group means that even if I remove individual packages that I no longer need, on a system update, it will install those removed packages again because they are part of the group. I'd like to simply uninstall that group so that it no longer happens.
Thanks!
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#2 2019-10-10 07:05:02
- Allan
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Re: Uninstall Package Group Without Touching The Packages?
I ask because I realized that installing the gnome package group means that even if I remove individual packages that I no longer need, on a system update, it will install those removed packages again because they are part of the group.
No. The packages you removed won't get reinstalled...
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#3 2019-10-10 07:47:07
- V1del
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Re: Uninstall Package Group Without Touching The Packages?
This is pretty much precisely the difference between groups and meta packages that this will not happen: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Me … kage_group
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