how to clean package files after uninstalling it [SOLVED]

kiskiller0 · 2023-01-23 11:25:40

I installed the open source variant of vscode from pacman, and after uninstalling it, I deleted the files in .config that belong to the package, when I installed it back, to test it, the extensions I have installed in it still showed up, that is to say, some files are not being removed.

command I used to uninstall it:
sudo pacman -R code

also tried:
sudo pacman -Rn code

Last edited by kiskiller0 (2023-01-23 18:07:25)

Adriik · 2023-01-23 11:56:04

The files a program creates in your $HOME, pacman doesn't touch it. So you need to manually delete the files, if you want.

And for the extensions, this page says is on $HOME/.vscode/extensions
In my case, I installed VS Codium and I have ~/.vscode-oss

Last edited by Adriik (2023-01-23 12:03:32)

kiskiller0 · 2023-01-23 13:29:18

Adriik wrote:

The files a program creates in your $HOME, pacman doesn't touch it. So you need to manually delete the files, if you want.
And for the extensions, this page says is on $HOME/.vscode/extensions
In my case, I installed VS Codium and I have ~/.vscode-oss

you reply was helpful, thanx!

Last edited by kiskiller0 (2023-01-23 13:30:12)

Adriik · 2023-01-23 16:29:42

Glad to help.
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#1 2023-01-23 11:25:40

how to clean package files after uninstalling it [SOLVED]

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Re: how to clean package files after uninstalling it [SOLVED]

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Re: how to clean package files after uninstalling it [SOLVED]

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Re: how to clean package files after uninstalling it [SOLVED]

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