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Stefan_xyz

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Registered: 2019-09-01

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[Solved] Removing AUR package

I downloaded the vmware AUR package but it doesnt work.
Now i wanted to uninstall it but i find no uninstall possible since

pacman -R vmware

doesn't work and I don't have an

vmware-installer --uninstall

command or anything like that.

Last edited by Stefan_xyz (2019-11-14 07:42:49)

WorMzy

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Re: [Solved] Removing AUR package

There is no 'vmware' package. What does 'pacman - Qs vmware' return?

Mod note: moving to AUR Issues

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V1del

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Re: [Solved] Removing AUR package

What does "doesn't work" actually mean? If the build failed and you never installed a package no files will have been installed into your system other than in the build directory where you executed makepkg.

If you don't know the build directory nor whether you executed makepkg, stop using an AUR helper and read https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar … Repository and https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg a few times until what is actually happening in this process is clear to you.

Stefan_xyz

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Registered: 2019-09-01

Posts: 104

Re: [Solved] Removing AUR package

There is no 'vmware' package. What does 'pacman - Qs vmware' return?

Mod note: moving to AUR Issues

It returns:

local/vmware-keymaps 1.0-1
    Keymaps required by some VMware packages
local/vmware-workstation 15.5.0-2
    The industry standard for running multiple operating systems as virtual
    machines on a single Linux PC.

Stefan_xyz

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Registered: 2019-09-01

Posts: 104

Re: [Solved] Removing AUR package

What does "doesn't work" actually mean? If the build failed and you never installed a package no files will have been installed into your system other than in the build directory where you executed makepkg.

If you don't know the build directory nor whether you executed makepkg, stop using an AUR helper and read https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar … Repository and https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Makepkg a few times until what is actually happening in this process is clear to you.

I installed it but it wouldn't start (segmentation fault). (Installation went without errors)

Lone_Wolf

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Re: [Solved] Removing AUR package

You downloaded and installed vmware-workstation NOT vmware .
try removing vmware-workstation with pacman.

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Stefan_xyz

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Registered: 2019-09-01

Posts: 104

Re: [Solved] Removing AUR package

You downloaded and installed vmware-workstation NOT vmware .
try removing vmware-workstation with pacman.

Thanks, didn't thought about that!