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z3r0

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Registered: 2010-01-23

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[SOLVED]pacman -R kde leaves packages uninstalled

I installed KDE with "pacman -S kde" it installed all sorts of stuff and i didn't like it. 
The only things i needed were kde-base plasma and dolphin. Now i've disintalled kde ( with "pacman -R kde ) and kept it minimal with the few things i need.
Seems perfect but when i open a terminal and digit "k" and press tab, i can still see all kapplications that came with the whole kde package. Why? Shouldn't they be deleted? How can i remove them completley?

Last edited by z3r0 (2010-02-25 12:03:56)

z3r0

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Re: [SOLVED]pacman -R kde leaves packages uninstalled

Before anyone gives me "noob" i'll tell you that i also did a pacman -Rns kde and after reboot this is what's left if i press "k + tab" from a terminal

z3r0@ deathstar ~$ k
kaddressbookmigrator  kEsetroot             kpasswdd
kadmin                keytool               kquitapp
kadmind               kf                    krb5-config
kauth                 kfd                   krcp
kbd_mode              kfile4                kreadconfig
kbdrate               kftp                  kres-migrator
kbuildsycoca4         kftpd                 kross
kbxutil               kgetcred              krsh
kcm                   kglobalaccel          krshd
kcmshell4             khelpcenter           ksba-config
kconfig_compiler      khotnewstuff4         kshell4
kcookiejar4           khotnewstuff-upload   kstart
kdc                   kiconfinder           kstash
kde4                  kill                  ksu
kde4-config           killall               ksvgtopng
kde4-menu             killall5              kswitch
kdebugdialog          kimpersonate          ktelnet
kde-cp                kinit                 ktelnetd
kded4                 kioclient             ktraderclient
kdeinit4              kjs                   ktrash
kdeinit4_shutdown     kjscmd                ktutil
kdeinit4_wrapper      klist                 kuiserver
kde-mv                klogin                kunittestmodrunner
kde-open              kmail-migrator        kwalletd
kdestroy              kmimetypefinder       kwrapper4
kdesu                 knotify4              kwriteconfig
kdigest               koi8rxterm            
keditfiletype         kpasswd

any ideas on how to get rid of this stuff i don't use?

lucke

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Registered: 2004-11-30

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Re: [SOLVED]pacman -R kde leaves packages uninstalled

Those are just base kde executables.

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Your posts aren't very clear. You want to get rid of everything kde-related or just keep plasma/dolphin?

Run "pacman -Q | grep kde" to see what kde packages are installed. Run "pacman -Qo `which ksomething`" to see what package the executable belongs to.

Last edited by lucke (2010-02-24 20:31:47)

z3r0

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Registered: 2010-01-23

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Re: [SOLVED]pacman -R kde leaves packages uninstalled

i managed to eliminate the kde packages and i had a few left. Seeing the "K" in front ( i'm completley new to kde so i don't know how it's organized )

kadmin        kdigest       kill          kpasswd       kswitch
kadmind       kEsetroot     killall       kpasswdd      ktelnet
kauth         keytool       killall5      krb5-config   ktelnetd
kbd_mode      kf            kimpersonate  krcp          ktutil
kbdrate       kfd           kinit         krsh          
kcm           kftp          klist         krshd         
kdc           kftpd         klogin        kstash        
kdestroy      kgetcred      koi8rxterm    ksu

i thought that the remaining packages were left over from the previous installation ok KDE.
I'm wrong aren't I?

EDIT: apart from "kill" obviously

Last edited by z3r0 (2010-02-24 22:25:40)

wonder

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Re: [SOLVED]pacman -R kde leaves packages uninstalled

yes @z3r0. you are wrong.

pacman -Qo `which ksu` for example.

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quarkup

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Re: [SOLVED]pacman -R kde leaves packages uninstalled

As I understand, you removed kde with "pacman -R kde" and then used "pacman -Rns kde".

Have any packages been removed with the "pacman -R kde" ??

I would install again kde
pacman -S kde

and then
pacman -Rnsc kde kdebase
suposely this last command will remove every package which depends on kde/kdebase

you should check it. it could work.

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z3r0

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Registered: 2010-01-23

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Re: [SOLVED]pacman -R kde leaves packages uninstalled

I would install again kde
pacman -S kde

and then
pacman -Rnsc kde kdebase
suposely this last command will remove every package which depends on kde/kdebase

Yep, worked like that. Thanks