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ould

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Registered: 2007-05-22

Posts: 124

Newbie question, how to remove AUR packages.

Hi all,

I just installed Arch over the weekend and managed to get this far without a newbie questions so I think I am doing alright. I managed to get everything up and running using Xfce as a base. Lovin it so far.

On to the newb question. I have been installing a few apps from the AUR, monkeymessenger and emesene as examples. I am trying out different MSN clients to see if I liked anything better then AMSN which is my usual. However I don't like monkeymessenger or emesene in their present states so I want to remove them and their depencies but I can't seem to figure out how to do it and I haven't come across anything on the forum or the wiki. so if anyone can point me in the right direction it would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Kevin

gbrunoro

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From: Belo Horizonte, Brasil

Registered: 2007-04-04

Posts: 55

Re: Newbie question, how to remove AUR packages.

The same way you remove others with pacman, as it's a normal package

pacman -R $pkgname

ould

Member

Registered: 2007-05-22

Posts: 124

Re: Newbie question, how to remove AUR packages.

The same way you remove others with pacman, as it's a normal package

pacman -R $pkgname

Doh! I feel like an ass. I did actually try that but I didn't put in the correct package name so I figured I wasn't doing something right. Once I figured out the right name I was GTG, worked like a charm. Thanks!!

Kevin

dolby

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From: 1992

Registered: 2006-08-08

Posts: 1,581

Re: Newbie question, how to remove AUR packages.

i recommend u read man pacman. -R has been proven to be pretty worthless on its own

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ould

Member

Registered: 2007-05-22

Posts: 124

Re: Newbie question, how to remove AUR packages.

i recommend u read man pacman. -R has been proven to be pretty worthless on its own

Thanks! I will do that.

Kevin