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Been using Arch for over 2 years by now. There's just a small thing bugging me. I know I can remove an app nearly completely with the
pacman -Rns <name>
But I was wondering how could I completely uninstall the app ... like remove all the config files, the stuff in /usr and the entries in various menus and so on. I do understand it might not be possible, but I was just wondering whether there was something like ... Revvo Uninstaller for Arch linux ?
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Hey, gapo:
Execuse me ,but I don't know your needs clearly.As far as I konw,the action "pacman -Rsn <name>"will surely remove all the files,like config files in /usr,binary files in /usr/bin……except the files in your /home/... (you could remove them by yourself).What's more,shaman will be great if you're searching for sth like Revo Uninstaller.And you?:D
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Correct. pacman -Rsn should never leave files anywhere apart from what the package stores in the users home directory.
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Well.... you can look in "man pacman" for information on flags.
The "g" does nothing with "-R" so that does not make a difference. Using "-c" with "-R" removes packages that depend on the package you are uninstalling and is likely not wanted very often.
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Hey ! Thanks for the info.
Sorry I wasn't clear. Pacman does not remove my configurations that the application creates.
I installed wine once and had a hell of a time removing all the entries it made in pcmanfm.
I was hoping for something other than deleting them by hand.
I don't know much about Shaman though. I'm running OB, so I don't want to drag in any qt deps. Anyway I'll check it out.
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Sorry I wasn't clear. Pacman does not remove my configurations that the application creates.
I installed wine once and had a hell of a time removing all the entries it made in pcmanfm.
I was hoping for something other than deleting them by hand.
Those files are not the responsibility of pacman. Deleting them would be analogous to deleting the Text files you've created when you decide to uninstall nano....
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you can $ sudo pacman -Sc
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Please don't necrobump 10 year old threads with incorrect/inapplicable advice to boot. That would clear the pacman cache which is irrelevant to the installation state of a package.
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