Cleaning-optimizing arch-linux

slon · 2010-01-17 12:02:28

Hello, I've installed a lot of different software, made a lot of changes and now my system is not the arch way(not so lightweight) I have a lot of orphans, useless software and certainly too many .folders in my /home.

What are the ways to clean all that mess?

apollokk · 2010-01-17 12:07:33

pacman -Syy
pacman -Scc
pacman -Suu

pacman -Rscnd <program>

anonymous_user · 2010-01-17 15:42:48

Also try:

pacman -Rsn $(pacman -Qdtq)

Odysseus · 2010-01-17 17:04:13

After anon's suggestion, try:

pacman -Qei | awk '/^Name/ { name=$3 } /^Groups/ { if ( $3 != "base" && $3 != "base-devel" ) { print name } }'

That will show you every package you've explicitly installed. Except for packages belonging in the "base" and "base-devel" groups, the packages that were initially installed when you installed Arch.

zowki · 2010-01-17 18:41:14

Lets say I install a package with tons of dependencies and want to remove that package along with all the dependencies. How would I do that? I find that I have a lot of useless libraries installed as leftover dependencies.

anonymous_user · 2010-01-17 18:59:52

To remove a package and any unused dependencies use:

pacman -Rs package_name

zowki · 2010-01-17 19:31:42

Thanks anonymous_user! I really got to start brushing up my pacman skills.

slon · 2010-01-17 20:31:06

And what about those unused .directories in /home like .wine .kdemod4 and huge /usr/ directory?

anonymous_user · 2010-01-17 20:32:47

If the folder/file was installed as part of the package then it should be removed when you uninstall. Also pacman doesn't remove any configuration files inside your home folder.

Last edited by anonymous_user (2010-01-17 20:33:22)

skottish · 2010-01-17 21:17:15

anonymous_user wrote:

Also try:
pacman -Rsn $(pacman -Qdtq)

That can cause all sorts of problems. Life is much more simple to to run something like 'pacman -Qdtq > orphans', then go through the orphans file and find out if they actually are things that can be removed. For instance on my machine:

~ > pacman -Qdtq
cvs
gcc
happy
perl-digest-sha1
perl-mp3-info
perl-timedate
perl-unicode-string

gcc and happy are programs that I use daily. cvs is back on because I was working on something. The perl stuff probably got pulled in when I was playing with gnupod.

toad · 2010-01-17 21:36:42

And I just got rid of 700mb by doing a pacman -Q and going through everything... Tedious, but the system booted again

arch0r · 2010-01-18 06:59:50

this is the way, i keep my system clean:

pacman -Qqet --> lists all explicitly installed packages
pacman -Qqdt --> lists all packages which are orphans
http://archlinux.spider007.net/pacman-f … unowned.sh --> this script lists all files which might be missing, corrupted packages and files which can't be assigned to any installed package
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=51080&p=1

coolestgeek · 2011-04-15 04:27:52

sudo pacman -Q > installed.txt

Is good to output all installed programs into a .txt file for you to browse at your leisure.

jasonwryan · 2011-04-15 04:44:10

coolestgeek: please don't necrobump threads:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … Bumping.27

Closing

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