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#1 2010-01-03 16:07:55
- Gumper
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Is it ok to manually delete packages
I now that with pacman we have the command "pacman -Sc" to remove uninstalled packages from the cache, but would it be ok to just manually delete packages without using pacman? I would like to clean up my packages a little bit but I don't want to use "pacman -Sc" for fear of removing something that I may need to downgrade too. For now I only want to remove stuff that I know I'll never need again.
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#2 2010-01-03 16:16:00
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Re: Is it ok to manually delete packages
I now that with pacman we have the command "pacman -Sc" to remove uninstalled packages from the cache, but would it be ok to just manually delete packages without using pacman? I would like to clean up my packages a little bit but I don't want to use "pacman -Sc" for fear of removing something that I may need to downgrade too. For now I only want to remove stuff that I know I'll never need again.
As long as the packages that you're removing aren't currently installed, then there is no problem. If they are currently installed, you'll confuse pacman on what's on your system.
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#3 2010-01-03 16:18:10
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Re: Is it ok to manually delete packages
I don't quite follow skottish's explanation.
You can remove anything you want from /var/cache/pacman/pkg/.
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#4 2010-01-03 16:46:37
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Re: Is it ok to manually delete packages
I don't quite follow skottish's explanation.
You can remove anything you want from /var/cache/pacman/pkg/.
Wait a second. I was wrong.
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#5 2010-01-03 17:02:24
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Re: Is it ok to manually delete packages
Having challenged your competence, do I replace you as a moderator?
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#6 2010-01-03 17:27:23
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Re: Is it ok to manually delete packages
Having challenged your competence, do I replace you as a moderator?
Yes. Unfortunately, this also makes about 12,000 other people moderators also.
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#7 2010-01-03 20:14:49
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Re: Is it ok to manually delete packages
thanks!
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#8 2010-01-03 20:26:16
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Re: Is it ok to manually delete packages
lucke wrote:Having challenged your competence, do I replace you as a moderator?
Yes. Unfortunately, this also makes about 12,000 other people moderators also.
Ouch, skottish 
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