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Gruntz

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From: Haskovo, Bulgaria

Registered: 2007-08-31

Posts: 291

[solved] pacman, remove package which is dependence.

Hello, everyone.

I have the following issue.I need to install xdg-utils-mimeo, but I already have xdg-utils, and I can`t remove it. I try to read the man page, use the -f option, but I still can not remove it, because it is a dependence of a lot of packages. Can someone tell me, how are you dealing with such problems.

I need xdg-utils-mimeo in order to use mimeo, to open files with chromium directly, without saving them.

Regards.

Last edited by Gruntz (2011-06-12 09:59:10)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [solved] pacman, remove package which is dependence.

Read the man page carefully: -dd is the option you need.
'pacman -Rdd foo' will remove package foo even if it's a dependency for another package.

Gruntz

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From: Haskovo, Bulgaria

Registered: 2007-08-31

Posts: 291

Re: [solved] pacman, remove package which is dependence.

Thank you, karol.