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indoultimate

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Registered: 2008-06-10

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how i can "apt-get autoremove" and "autoclean" like debian based?

hi, i would like to know how to do "apt-get autoremove" and "apt-get autoclean" like debian based linux in arch for cleaning the system?
thanks you for this community....

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

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Re: how i can "apt-get autoremove" and "autoclean" like debian based?

pacman -Qdt

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FreakGuard

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Registered: 2008-04-27

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Re: how i can "apt-get autoremove" and "autoclean" like debian based?

pacman -R $(pacman -Qdtq)

sniffles

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Registered: 2008-01-23

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Re: how i can "apt-get autoremove" and "autoclean" like debian based?

BTW: With Arch, you don't have to! (TM) Or that's the impression I have anyway. See the remove options, there are flags which basically allow you to remove 'unneeded' stuff -when- it becomes unneeded.

For example:

Debian:
apt-get install sniffles - also installs libsniffle, libsniffle-dev
apt-get --purge remove sniffles - leaves libsniffle, libsniffle-dev which then have to be removed via autoremove. I'm not sure under what circumstances this won't even work and you'll end up having to use deborphan or somesuch

Arch:
pacman -S sniffles - also installs libsniffle, libsniffle-dev
pacman -Rcns sniffles - also removes libsniffle and libsniffle-dev

Perfect operating system:
<package manager> <install option> sniffles - laughs and blames it on temporary insanity that you'd want to install anything having anything to do with sniffles.

underpenguin

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Registered: 2007-02-01

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Re: how i can "apt-get autoremove" and "autoclean" like debian based?

If you just want to remove all packages in your cache (= autoclean AFAIK),

pacman -Scc

Last edited by underpenguin (2008-06-11 16:28:45)

Ramses de Norre

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From: Leuven - Belgium

Registered: 2007-03-27

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Re: how i can "apt-get autoremove" and "autoclean" like debian based?

If you just want to remove all packages in your cache (= autoclean AFAIK),

pacman -Scc

That does what aptitude clean does, the autoclean is equal to pacman -Sc.

fuscia

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Registered: 2008-04-21

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Re: how i can "apt-get autoremove" and "autoclean" like debian based?

pacman -Qdt

nice.

indoultimate

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Re: how i can "apt-get autoremove" and "autoclean" like debian based?

thank u for all your
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jazz452

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Registered: 2008-07-29

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Re: how i can "apt-get autoremove" and "autoclean" like debian based?

sudo pacman -R $(pacman -Qdtq)

Even better by FreakGuard

Inxsible

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Registered: 2008-06-09

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Re: how i can "apt-get autoremove" and "autoclean" like debian based?

sudo pacman -R $(pacman -Qdtq)

Even better by FreakGuard

Why dredge up this old thread??

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gchamon

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Registered: 2018-08-07

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Re: how i can "apt-get autoremove" and "autoclean" like debian based?

sorry to dig up this old thread, but to remove recursively the command should be

pacman -Rcs $(pacman -Qdtq)

otherwise, you would have to rerun

pacman -R $(pacman -Qdtq)

until no package shows up, as purged packages in the first run can turn other dependent packages orphans

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: how i can "apt-get autoremove" and "autoclean" like debian based?

Please don't necrobump 10 year old topics.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … bumping.22

That information has long since been added to the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … orphans.29

Closing.

Last edited by V1del (2018-08-07 11:12:58)