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Hi!
I hope nobody has ever asked this question, but i didn't find an answer.
I built a package from the AUR repository but i don't use it anymore, that's why i'd like to remove it but i don't know how to remove it from my computer since it doesn't appear in pacman's list
can somebody explain me how to do this?
thanks!
Last edited by Beno@ (2008-08-14 12:57:18)
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If you built the package with makepkg, the only way to install it would have been with pacman. Are you sure you actually installed it? If so, have you got the package name correct?
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I installed yaourt with makepkg but it doesn't appear in the list
but when I use yaourt -Ss yaourt I can see it...
edit: that was my fault
i can remove it but when I search it it doesn't appear
Last edited by Beno@ (2008-08-14 13:14:03)
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pacman -Qm will give you the list you are looking for
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Ok, you are doing some things wrong!
> I installed yaourt with makepkg but it doesn't appear in the list hmm
Of course it doesn't appear, because makepkg only creates a package, which must be installed with pacman -U. You can also compile it with makepkg -i, so it will be installed after being compiled
> but when I use yaourt -Ss yaourt I can see it...
Of course you can see it, yaourt is available in AUR, that's where your command also searches. What you want here is pacman -Qs
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ok, refer to the man pages for pacman
-S (Sync) is for anything over the internet.
-Q (Query) any operation that is performed locally.
So yaourt -Ss means it will search over the internet in the AUR. If you wanna search locally for a package you use -Q for local query.
makepkg is not a pakcage manager, instead it is a package builder for pacman, pacman is the package manager. As Army already said, once you use makepkg to build the package, you need to install the package with pacman -U
BTW, -U (upgrade) a package.
Need more info, read the man pages.
man pacman
once yaourt is installed
man yaourt
Last edited by rooloo (2008-08-14 14:17:41)
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yes, i badly expressed myself, i created a package with makepkg but i installed it with pacman -U
thank you for your help!
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