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kel_p

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From: De Kwakel

Registered: 2007-05-10

Posts: 65

Removing package

Basic question..

I just installed SunBird from AUR.
How can I uninstall this package?
pacman -Ss sunbird shows me nothing although it's installed successfully.

Edit:
hhmm.. "pacman -Qs sunbird" did show Sunbird and "pacman -Rs sunbird" did the trick.
I guess -Ss shows me only NOT-installed packages?

Last edited by kel_p (2007-06-26 13:42:02)

ataraxia

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From: Pittsburgh

Registered: 2007-05-06

Posts: 1,553

Re: Removing package

Use "pacman -Q" or "pacman -Qi" to look at installed packages. "pacman -Ss" is for looking in repositories.

"pacman -R" removes packages. You'll probably want a couple of extra flags so it doesn't leave junk behind - read pacman's manpage.

dolby

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From: 1992

Registered: 2006-08-08

Posts: 1,581

Re: Removing package

pacman -S looks at the repos
pacman -Q looks at your hard drive
pacman -Rscn removes installed package with its deps
pacman -Qe looks in your hard drive for non explicitly installed orphans

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kel_p

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From: De Kwakel

Registered: 2007-05-10

Posts: 65

Re: Removing package

I just figured it out.. thanks.

kel_p

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From: De Kwakel

Registered: 2007-05-10

Posts: 65

Re: Removing package

Ok, this is not working..
Some time ago I installed a package from AUR (openftd) that I want to reinstall.
It's installed for sure because I'm actually using it, it's just that pacman -Qs/-Ss gives me nothing!!
Searching for keyword "ftd" also gives nothing.. while I know libopenftd is installed.
Locate gives me a million packages belonging to openftd so I don't understand..

Just to be sure.. when I succesfully install a package from AUR.. can I delete the generated package from disk? And still be able to upgrade/uninstall the package in the future?

Last edited by kel_p (2007-06-26 14:15:56)

kel_p

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From: De Kwakel

Registered: 2007-05-10

Posts: 65

Re: Removing package

Well, I simply forced a new install and now pacman finds the package.
I still don't understand though, why didn't the package show-up in a search with pacman?

Millzee

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From: Wales

Registered: 2006-12-19

Posts: 22

Re: Removing package

If you type 'pacman -Qm', does it come in in the generated package list?

After one has installed the package with the 'pacman -A' command, one can delete the generated package file from makepkg as it is no longer needed unless one wants to re-install from that package rather than by building a new one from makepkg. However, using the 'pacman -Ss' come with openftd only searches the repos and since openftd is in unsupported, it will not come up with that command. It should've come up with the '-Qs' options, so that indicates it might have been installed incorrectly.

Hope this helps,
Rob

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kel_p

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From: De Kwakel

Registered: 2007-05-10

Posts: 65

Re: Removing package

Since I reinstalled it now it shows-up with pacman -Qs/-Qm
I think indeed the install wasn't successfull at the time although I've been using it for some time..
Thanks for the response.