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archuser1729

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Registered: 2019-10-19

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[SOLVED] flatpak complete uninstall left folder/files in var/lib

hello i uninstalled flatpak from my system
for that i first unistall all installed flatpaks by
flatpak uninstall --all
then i uninstall flatpak itself by running
sudo pacman -Rnsc flatpak
even after that there is a folder /var/liv/flatpak
of size 326 MIB
why it is left in root directory????
can i remove it and how can i remove it?

Last edited by archuser1729 (2019-10-20 12:52:46)

Zod

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From: Hoosiertucky

Registered: 2019-03-10

Posts: 636

Re: [SOLVED] flatpak complete uninstall left folder/files in var/lib

google

pacman -Rnsc fails to remove site:archlinux.org

Or..

pacman log site:archlinux.org

Edit: I find that this google-fu technique is more effective then the forum search function.

Often times  the results will include (Solved) or some such in the resulting links, which might be of particular interest.

Last edited by Zod (2019-10-19 13:24:33)

Lone_Wolf

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Re: [SOLVED] flatpak complete uninstall left folder/files in var/lib

The flatpak package doesn't install files in /var/lib , so they  must have been created later.

please post

ls -lR /var/lib/flatpak

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archuser1729

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Registered: 2019-10-19

Posts: 3

Re: [SOLVED] flatpak complete uninstall left folder/files in var/lib

there are like 100000+ files in that folder

edit i just did
pacman -Qo /var/lib/flatpak/
error: No package owns /var/lib/flatpak
so i thinnk i can remove them then??

Last edited by archuser1729 (2019-10-20 09:51:22)

Xabre

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2009-03-19

Posts: 757

Re: [SOLVED] flatpak complete uninstall left folder/files in var/lib

Flatpak apps are installed there, first uninstall them with flatpak then uninstall flatpak.

edit: or if you're sure you aready did that, remove /var/lib/fatpak manually

Last edited by Xabre (2019-10-20 10:35:14)

archuser1729

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Registered: 2019-10-19

Posts: 3

Re: [SOLVED] flatpak complete uninstall left folder/files in var/lib

i did remove all of flatpak and also flatpak list was not showing any installed packeges..

edit.
i removed this folder
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/flatpak

thanks

Last edited by archuser1729 (2019-10-20 12:13:31)

WorMzy

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Re: [SOLVED] flatpak complete uninstall left folder/files in var/lib

Please remember to mark your thread as solved by editing the first post and amending the topic title.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … ow_to_post

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