Install package maker

Hello everyone,
I've a Mac OS 10.6 and I want to use Package Maker to generate a setup for my application but I don't know how. XCode is already installed on my machine.
Can anyone tell me how to do ?
Many Thanks in advance.
Best regards.

if you use your system as the template and that folder exist, doesn't Package Maker create that directory on the client if it doesn't exist?
I know I've done this before but perhaps it was with a third party shareware package maker.

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Deleting files when installing application using package maker

Hello,
I have made package maker for my application. It is made such that it will be installed in Application directory.
I want to delete directory at ~/Library/Application Support/TestApp.
This is necessary for me, because when user install my application i need to remove all the files that my application has created.
So, how can i use package maker to remove this files and folders if there exist?
Thanks
xmax

Hi xmax
I'm not sure I understand your meaning.
When you drag a file (that you're going to install) into the left hand side of package maker, more options open up, including the ability to add pre and post flight scripts.
To change what your user will see during the installation process, run Package Maker and click on Edit Interface.
Bob

Where is the install package stored from the app store for Lion?

This is an all new way of deploying OS updates from Apple. From what I can see, this presents some issues:
1. Where is the install package that I bought from the app store, and how can I save that offline?
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OK, once you install Lion the Installation Package gets deleted. However once you have installed Lion, do following:
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- Do not start installation
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http://www.macworld.com/article/161069/2011/07/make_a_bootable_lion_installer.ht ml
This is how you can create installation media.
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you can boot from the hidden recovery partitions that was created when you installed Lion.
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[SOLVED] cannot install package query

I want to install yaourt, but I can't seem to install package query. I acquired the tarball from here and followed all the steps here
[maarten@maarten ~]$ cd ~/src
[maarten@maarten src]$ tar -zxvf package-query.tar.gz
package-query/
package-query/PKGBUILD
[maarten@maarten src]$ cd ~/src/package-query
[maarten@maarten package-query]$ makepkg -s
==> Making package: package-query 1.0.1-1 (Sun Jul 8 11:09:03 CEST 2012)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
-> Downloading package-query-1.0.1.tar.gz...
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 361k 100 361k 0 0 205k 0 0:00:01 0:00:01 --:--:-- 226k
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
package-query-1.0.1.tar.gz ... Passed
==> Extracting Sources...
-> Extracting package-query-1.0.1.tar.gz with bsdtar
==> Starting build()...
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for fgrep... /usr/bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864
checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes
checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes
checking how to convert i686-pc-linux-gnu file names to i686-pc-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert i686-pc-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for dlltool... no
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n
checking for ar... ar
checking for archiver @FILE support... @
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for sysroot... no
checking for mt... no
checking if : is a manifest tool... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking ctype.h usability... yes
checking ctype.h presence... yes
checking for ctype.h... yes
checking getopt.h usability... yes
checking getopt.h presence... yes
checking for getopt.h... yes
checking libintl.h usability... yes
checking libintl.h presence... yes
checking for libintl.h... yes
checking limits.h usability... yes
checking limits.h presence... yes
checking for limits.h... yes
checking locale.h usability... yes
checking locale.h presence... yes
checking for locale.h... yes
checking sys/ioctl.h usability... yes
checking sys/ioctl.h presence... yes
checking for sys/ioctl.h... yes
checking sys/utsname.h usability... yes
checking sys/utsname.h presence... yes
checking for sys/utsname.h... yes
checking for alpm_version in -lalpm... yes
checking for yajl_free in -lyajl... yes
checking for gawk... (cached) gawk
checking for curl-config... /usr/bin/curl-config
checking for the version of libcurl... 7.26.0
checking for libcurl >= version 7.19.4... yes
checking whether libcurl is usable... yes
checking for curl_free... yes
checking whether NLS is requested... yes
checking for msgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for gmsgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for xgettext... /usr/bin/xgettext
checking for msgmerge... /usr/bin/msgmerge
checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for shared library run path origin... done
checking for CFPreferencesCopyAppValue... no
checking for CFLocaleCopyCurrent... no
checking for GNU gettext in libc... yes
checking whether to use NLS... yes
checking where the gettext function comes from... libc
checking for git... git
checking for .git/... no
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating doc/Makefile
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands
config.status: executing po-directories commands
package-query:
Build information:
source code location : .
prefix : /usr
sysconfdir : /etc
conf file : /etc/pacman.conf
localstatedir : /var
database dir : /var/lib/pacman/
compiler : gcc
compiler flags : -march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
package-query version : 1.0.1
using git version : no
git ver :
Variable information:
root working directory : /
aur base url : [url]http://aur.archlinux.org[/url]
make all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/maarten/src/package-query/src/package-query-1.0.1'
Making all in src
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/maarten/src/package-query/src/package-query-1.0.1/src'
gcc -DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/share/locale\" -DCONFFILE=\"/etc/pacman.conf\" -DROOTDIR=\"/\" -DDBPATH=\"/var/lib/pacman/\" -DAUR_BASE_URL=\"http://aur.archlinux.org\" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -D_GNU_SOURCE -march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -MT aur.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/aur.Tpo -c -o aur.o aur.c
mv -f .deps/aur.Tpo .deps/aur.Po
gcc -DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/share/locale\" -DCONFFILE=\"/etc/pacman.conf\" -DROOTDIR=\"/\" -DDBPATH=\"/var/lib/pacman/\" -DAUR_BASE_URL=\"http://aur.archlinux.org\" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -D_GNU_SOURCE -march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -MT alpm-query.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/alpm-query.Tpo -c -o alpm-query.o alpm-query.c
alpm-query.c: In function 'alpm_pkg_get_realsize':
alpm-query.c:486:9: warning: ignoring return value of 'chdir', declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
mv -f .deps/alpm-query.Tpo .deps/alpm-query.Po
gcc -DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/share/locale\" -DCONFFILE=\"/etc/pacman.conf\" -DROOTDIR=\"/\" -DDBPATH=\"/var/lib/pacman/\" -DAUR_BASE_URL=\"http://aur.archlinux.org\" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -D_GNU_SOURCE -march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -MT util.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/util.Tpo -c -o util.o util.c
util.c: In function 'ltostr':
util.c:532:11: warning: ignoring return value of 'asprintf', declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
util.c: In function 'itostr':
util.c:525:11: warning: ignoring return value of 'asprintf', declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
util.c: In function 'concat_backup_list':
util.c:480:12: warning: ignoring return value of 'asprintf', declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
util.c: In function 'string_fcat':
util.c:342:11: warning: ignoring return value of 'vasprintf', declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
mv -f .deps/util.Tpo .deps/util.Po
gcc -DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/share/locale\" -DCONFFILE=\"/etc/pacman.conf\" -DROOTDIR=\"/\" -DDBPATH=\"/var/lib/pacman/\" -DAUR_BASE_URL=\"http://aur.archlinux.org\" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -D_GNU_SOURCE -march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -MT color.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/color.Tpo -c -o color.o color.c
mv -f .deps/color.Tpo .deps/color.Po
gcc -DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/share/locale\" -DCONFFILE=\"/etc/pacman.conf\" -DROOTDIR=\"/\" -DDBPATH=\"/var/lib/pacman/\" -DAUR_BASE_URL=\"http://aur.archlinux.org\" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -D_GNU_SOURCE -march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -MT package-query.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/package-query.Tpo -c -o package-query.o package-query.c
mv -f .deps/package-query.Tpo .deps/package-query.Po
/bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC --mode=link gcc -D_GNU_SOURCE -march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -lcurl -Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro -o package-query aur.o alpm-query.o util.o color.o package-query.o -lyajl -lalpm
libtool: link: gcc -D_GNU_SOURCE -march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--sort-common -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z -Wl,relro -o package-query aur.o alpm-query.o util.o color.o package-query.o -lcurl -lyajl -lalpm
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/maarten/src/package-query/src/package-query-1.0.1/src'
Making all in doc
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/maarten/src/package-query/src/package-query-1.0.1/doc'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/maarten/src/package-query/src/package-query-1.0.1/doc'
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/maarten/src/package-query/src/package-query-1.0.1'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/maarten/src/package-query/src/package-query-1.0.1'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/maarten/src/package-query/src/package-query-1.0.1'
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting package()...
Making install in src
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/maarten/src/package-query/src/package-query-1.0.1/src'
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/maarten/src/package-query/src/package-query-1.0.1/src'
test -z "/usr/bin" || /bin/mkdir -p "/home/maarten/src/package-query/pkg/usr/bin"
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c package-query '/home/maarten/src/package-query/pkg/usr/bin'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c package-query /home/maarten/src/package-query/pkg/usr/bin/package-query
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/maarten/src/package-query/src/package-query-1.0.1/src'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/maarten/src/package-query/src/package-query-1.0.1/src'
Making install in doc
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/maarten/src/package-query/src/package-query-1.0.1/doc'
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/maarten/src/package-query/src/package-query-1.0.1/doc'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
test -z "/usr/share/man/man8" || /bin/mkdir -p "/home/maarten/src/package-query/pkg/usr/share/man/man8"
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 package-query.8 '/home/maarten/src/package-query/pkg/usr/share/man/man8'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/maarten/src/package-query/src/package-query-1.0.1/doc'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/maarten/src/package-query/src/package-query-1.0.1/doc'
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/maarten/src/package-query/src/package-query-1.0.1'
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/maarten/src/package-query/src/package-query-1.0.1'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/maarten/src/package-query/src/package-query-1.0.1'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/maarten/src/package-query/src/package-query-1.0.1'
==> Tidying install...
-> Purging unwanted files...
-> Compressing man and info pages...
-> Stripping unneeded symbols from binaries and libraries...
==> Creating package...
-> Generating .PKGINFO file...
-> Compressing package...
==> Leaving fakeroot environment.
==> Finished making: package-query 1.0.1-1 (Sun Jul 8 11:09:18 CEST 2012)
[maarten@maarten package-query]$ dir
PKGBUILD package-query-1.0.1.tar.gz src
package-query-1.0.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz pkg
[maarten@maarten package-query]$ sudo pacman -U package-query-1.0.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
Password:
loading packages...
error: 'package-query-1.0.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz': invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)
I already reran pacman-key --init and pacman-key --populate archlinux after removing the allready acquired signatures (/etc/pacman.d/gnupg). But it keeps returning the same error.
Do I need to add another key manually to install packages manually from the AUR?
Last edited by maartennnnnnn (2012-07-08 09:44:01)

I edited your post to change the \[quote\] tags to \[code\] tags - it makes for a much easier to read post
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … s_and_Code
Two options are to change your SigLevel or sign your own key...

[No need]Reducing number of post-install packages (fresh Arch + XFCE)

Hi,
I am inspired by posts by slithery in post-install package count; his discussion here and my willingness to follow-foot steps. Need suggestions/tips what packages can be removed based on details below.
1. Defining usage:
Normal PC having XFCE, thunderbird, firefox, yaourt and wine (for MS-Office with 32bit libs unfortunately needed for work) with 64-bit stock kernel. Other utilities include eog (image viewer), PDF viewer, cups, simple-scan, hplip + hplip plugin, dvd burner and some fonts packages.
I have attempted to remain native on XFCE while installing utilities/needs to avoid unnecessary dependencies unless some functionality needed (such as eog).
2. Current package count
[archpc ~]$ pacman -Qe | wc -l
143
[archpc ~]$ pacman -Q | wc -l
539
3. Installed packages details
3.1 pacman -Qe
alsa-utils 1.0.29-1
autoconf 2.69-2
automake 1.15-1
b43-fwcutter 019-1
bash 4.3.033-1
bash-completion 2.1-5
binutils 2.25-2
bison 3.0.4-1
btrfs-progs 3.19-1
bzip2 1.0.6-5
coreutils 8.23-1
cryptsetup 1.6.6-1
cups 2.0.2-1
device-mapper 2.02.116-1
dhcpcd 6.7.1-1
dialog 1:1.2_20150225-1
diffutils 3.3-2
dropbox 3.2.9-2
e2fsprogs 1.42.12-2
eog 3.14.3-1
epdfview 0.1.8-5
exo 0.10.4-1
fakeroot 1.20.2-1
file 5.22-1
filesystem 2015.02-1
findutils 4.4.2-6
firefox 36.0.3-1
flashplugin 11.2.202.451-1
flex 2.5.39-1
galculator 2.1.3-3
gamin 0.1.10-8
garcon 0.4.0-1
gawk 4.1.1-1
gcc 4.9.2-4
gcc-libs 4.9.2-4
gettext 0.19.4-1
gksu 2.0.2-5
glibc 2.21-2
gnome-colors-icon-theme 5.5.1-2
gnome-keyring 3.14.0-1
grep 2.21-2
groff 1.22.3-2
grub 1:2.02.beta2-5
grub2-theme-archxion 1.0-6
gtk-xfce-engine 2.10.1-1
gvfs 1.22.3-2
gvfs-afc 1.22.3-2
gvfs-smb 1.22.3-2
gzip 1.6-1
hplip 3.15.2-3
hplip-plugin 3.15.2-1
inetutils 1.9.2-2
iproute2 3.19.0-1
iputils 20121221-3
ipw2100-fw 1.3-7
ipw2200-fw 3.1-5
jfsutils 1.1.15-4
less 471-1
lib32-libxml2 2.9.2-1
libtool 2.4.6-1
licenses 20140629-1
linux 3.19.2-1
logrotate 3.8.9-1
lvm2 2.02.116-1
m4 1.4.17-1
make 4.1-1
man-db 2.7.1-1
man-pages 3.81-1
mdadm 3.3.2-1
mousepad 0.4.0-1
nano 2.2.6-3
netctl 1.10-1
network-manager-applet 1.0.0-1
networkmanager 1.0.0-2
ntfs-3g 2014.2.15-1
ntp 4.2.8.p1-1
nvidia-340xx 340.76-6
nvidia-340xx-libgl 340.76-2
nvidia-340xx-utils 340.76-2
os-prober 1.64-1
package-query 1.5-2
pacman 4.2.1-1
patch 2.7.5-1
pavucontrol 2.0-2
pciutils 3.3.0-1
pcmciautils 018-7
perl 5.20.2-1
pkg-config 0.28-2
polkit-gnome 0.105-2
procps-ng 3.3.10-1
psmisc 22.21-2
python2-xdg 0.25-2
reiserfsprogs 3.6.24-1
rp-pppoe 3.11-7
s-nail 14.7.11-1
samba 4.2.0-1
sddm 0.11.0-1
sed 4.2.2-3
shadow 4.2.1-2
simple-scan 3.14.2-1
sudo 1.8.12-1
sysfsutils 2.1.0-9
systemd-sysvcompat 218-2
tar 1.28-1
texinfo 5.2-3
thunar 1.6.6-1
thunar-volman 0.8.1-1
thunderbird 31.5.0-1
ttf-ms-fonts 2.0-10
ttf-urdufonts 1.2-3
tumbler 0.1.31-1
usbutils 008-1
util-linux 2.25.2-1
vi 1:050325-4
which 2.20-7
wine 1.7.39-1
wine-mono 4.5.6-1
wine_gecko 2.36-1
xdg-user-dirs 0.15-1
xdg-utils 1.1.0.git20150302-1
xf86-input-keyboard 1.8.0-3
xf86-input-mouse 1.9.1-1
xf86-input-synaptics 1.8.1-1
xfburn 0.5.2-2
xfce4-appfinder 4.12.0-1
xfce4-mixer 4.11.0-2
xfce4-panel 4.12.0-1
xfce4-power-manager 1.4.3-1
xfce4-session 4.12.1-1
xfce4-settings 4.12.0-3
xfce4-terminal 0.6.3-2
xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin 1.5.0-2
xfconf 4.12.0-1
xfdesktop 4.12.0-1
xfsprogs 3.2.2-1
xfwm4 4.12.2-1
xfwm4-themes 4.10.0-2
xorg-server 1.17.1-4
xorg-server-utils 7.6-4
xorg-xinit 1.3.4-2
xterm 316-1
yaourt 1.5-1
zd1211-firmware 1.5-1
3.2 pacman -Q
acl 2.2.52-2
adwaita-icon-theme 3.14.1-1
alsa-lib 1.0.29-1
alsa-utils 1.0.29-1
archlinux-keyring 20150212-1
at-spi2-atk 2.14.1-1
at-spi2-core 2.14.1-1
atk 2.14.0-1
atkmm 2.22.7-1
attr 2.4.47-1
autoconf 2.69-2
automake 1.15-1
avahi 0.6.31-14
b43-fwcutter 019-1
bash 4.3.033-1
bash-completion 2.1-5
bc 1.06.95-1
binutils 2.25-2
bison 3.0.4-1
btrfs-progs 3.19-1
bzip2 1.0.6-5
ca-certificates 20140923-9
ca-certificates-cacert 20140824-2
ca-certificates-mozilla 3.17.4-1
ca-certificates-utils 20140923-9
cairo 1.14.2-1
cairomm 1.10.0-3
cantarell-fonts 0.0.16-2
cdparanoia 10.2-5
cifs-utils 6.4-1
colord 1.2.9-1
compositeproto 0.4.2-3
coreutils 8.23-1
cracklib 2.9.1-1
cryptsetup 1.6.6-1
cups 2.0.2-1
cups-filters 1.0.67-1
curl 7.41.0-1
damageproto 1.2.1-3
db 5.3.28-2
dbus 1.8.16-2
dbus-glib 0.102-2
dconf 0.22.0-1
desktop-file-utils 0.22-1
device-mapper 2.02.116-1
dhclient 4.3.1-1
dhcpcd 6.7.1-1
dialog 1:1.2_20150225-1
diffutils 3.3-2
dropbox 3.2.9-2
e2fsprogs 1.42.12-2
elfutils 0.161-3
eog 3.14.3-1
epdfview 0.1.8-5
exempi 2.2.2-1
exo 0.10.4-1
expat 2.1.0-4
fakeroot 1.20.2-1
file 5.22-1
filesystem 2015.02-1
findutils 4.4.2-6
firefox 36.0.3-1
fixesproto 5.0-3
flac 1.3.1-1
flashplugin 11.2.202.451-1
flex 2.5.39-1
fontconfig 2.11.1-1
fontsproto 2.1.3-1
foomatic-db-engine 3:20150308-1
freetype2 2.5.5-1
fuse 2.9.3-2
galculator 2.1.3-3
gamin 0.1.10-8
garcon 0.4.0-1
gawk 4.1.1-1
gc 7.4.2-2
gcc 4.9.2-4
gcc-libs 4.9.2-4
gconf 3.2.6-3
gcr 3.14.0-1
gd 2.1.1-1
gdbm 1.11-1
gdk-pixbuf2 2.31.3-1
gettext 0.19.4-1
ghostscript 9.15-2
gksu 2.0.2-5
glib-networking 2.42.1-1
glib2 2.42.2-1
glibc 2.21-2
glibmm 2.42.0-1
glu 9.0.0-3
gmp 6.0.0-2
gnome-colors-icon-theme 5.5.1-2
gnome-desktop 1:3.14.2-1
gnome-icon-theme 3.12.0-2
gnome-icon-theme-symbolic 3.12.0-2
gnome-keyring 3.14.0-1
gnome-themes-standard 3.14.2.3-1
gnupg 2.1.2-1
gnutls 3.3.13-1
gobject-introspection 1.42.0-1
gpgme 1.5.3-1
gpm 1.20.7-4
graphite 1:1.2.4-1
grep 2.21-2
groff 1.22.3-2
grub 1:2.02.beta2-5
grub2-theme-archxion 1.0-6
gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.14.1-1
gstreamer0.10 0.10.36-4
gstreamer0.10-base 0.10.36-3
gstreamer0.10-base-plugins 0.10.36-3
gtk-update-icon-cache 2.24.27-1
gtk-xfce-engine 2.10.1-1
gtk2 2.24.27-1
gtk3 3.14.9-1
gtkmm3 3.14.0-1
gtksourceview2 2.10.5-3
guile 2.0.11-2
gvfs 1.22.3-2
gvfs-afc 1.22.3-2
gvfs-smb 1.22.3-2
gzip 1.6-1
harfbuzz 0.9.38-1
hicolor-icon-theme 0.13-1
hplip 3.15.2-3
hplip-plugin 3.15.2-1
hunspell 1.3.3-1
hwids 20150129-1
iana-etc 2.30-4
icu 54.1-1
inetutils 1.9.2-2
iniparser 3.1-4
inputproto 2.3.1-1
iproute2 3.19.0-1
iptables 1.4.21-1
iputils 20121221-3
ipw2100-fw 1.3-7
ipw2200-fw 3.1-5
iso-codes 3.57-1
jansson 2.7-1
jasper 1.900.1-13
jfsutils 1.1.15-4
js17 17.0.0-1
json-c 0.12-2
json-glib 1.0.2-1
kbd 2.0.2-1
kbproto 1.0.6-2
keyutils 1.5.9-1
kmod 20-1
krb5 1.13.1-1
lcms2 2.6-1
ldb 1.1.20-1
less 471-1
lib32-acl 2.2.52-2
lib32-attr 2.4.47-1
lib32-bzip2 1.0.6-2
lib32-curl 7.41.0-1
lib32-e2fsprogs 1.42.12-1
lib32-expat 2.1.0-2
lib32-fontconfig 2.11.1-1
lib32-freetype2 2.5.5-1
lib32-gcc-libs 4.9.2-4
lib32-gettext 0.19.4-1
lib32-glib2 2.42.2-1
lib32-glibc 2.21-2
lib32-glu 9.0.0-2
lib32-harfbuzz 0.9.38-1
lib32-icu 54.1-1
lib32-keyutils 1.5.9-1
lib32-krb5 1.13.1-1
lib32-libcap 2.24-1
lib32-libdbus 1.8.16-1
lib32-libffi 3.2.1-1
lib32-libgcrypt 1.6.3-1
lib32-libgpg-error 1.18-1
lib32-libice 1.0.9-1
lib32-libldap 2.4.40-1
lib32-libnl 3.2.25-1
lib32-libpcap 1.6.2-1
lib32-libpng 1.6.16-1
lib32-libsm 1.2.2-1
lib32-libssh2 1.4.3-2
lib32-libusb 1.0.19-1
lib32-libx11 1.6.3-1
lib32-libxau 1.0.8-1
lib32-libxcb 1.11-1
lib32-libxcursor 1.1.14-1
lib32-libxdamage 1.1.4-2
lib32-libxdmcp 1.1.1-2
lib32-libxext 1.3.3-1
lib32-libxfixes 5.0.1-1
lib32-libxi 1.7.4-1
lib32-libxml2 2.9.2-1
lib32-libxrandr 1.4.2-1
lib32-libxrender 0.9.8-1
lib32-ncurses 5.9-3
lib32-nvidia-340xx-libgl 340.76-1
lib32-nvidia-340xx-utils 340.76-1
lib32-openssl 1.0.2.a-1
lib32-pcre 8.36-1
lib32-readline 6.3.006-1
lib32-systemd 218-1
lib32-util-linux 2.25.2-1
lib32-xz 5.2.1-1
lib32-zlib 1.2.8-1
libaio 0.3.110-1
libarchive 3.1.2-8
libassuan 2.1.3-1
libasyncns 0.8-5
libatasmart 0.19-3
libatomic_ops 7.4.2-1
libbluray 0.7.0-1
libbsd 0.7.0-1
libburn 1.3.8-1
libcanberra 0.30-5
libcanberra-pulse 0.30-5
libcap 2.24-2
libcap-ng 0.7.4-1
libcddb 1.3.2-4
libcdio 0.93-1
libcdio-paranoia 10.2+0.93+1-1
libcroco 0.6.8-2
libcups 2.0.2-1
libdaemon 0.14-3
libdatrie 0.2.8-1
libdbus 1.8.16-2
libdrm 2.4.59-1
libedit 20141030_3.1-1
libepoxy 1.2-2
libevdev 1.4-1
libevent 2.0.22-1
libexif 0.6.21-2
libffi 3.2.1-1
libfontenc 1.1.2-1
libgcrypt 1.6.3-2
libgksu 2.0.12-6
libgnome-keyring 3.12.0-2
libgpg-error 1.18-1
libgphoto2 2.5.7-1
libgtop 2.30.0-1
libgusb 0.2.4-1
libice 1.0.9-1
libidn 1.30-1
libieee1284 0.2.11-5
libimobiledevice 1.2.0-1
libisofs 1.3.8-1
libjpeg-turbo 1.4.0-1
libkeybinder2 0.3.0-2
libksba 1.3.2-1
libldap 2.4.40-2
libmm-glib 1.4.4-1
libmpc 1.0.3-1
libndp 1.4-1
libnewt 0.52.17-2
libnl 3.2.25-1
libnm-glib 1.0.0-2
libnm-gtk 1.0.0-1
libnotify 0.7.6-1
libogg 1.3.2-1
libomxil-bellagio 0.9.3-1
libpaper 1.1.24-7
libpcap 1.6.2-1
libpciaccess 0.13.3-1
libpeas 1.12.1-1
libpipeline 1.4.0-1
libplist 1.12-1
libpng 1.6.16-1
libproxy 0.4.11-5
libpulse 6.0-1
librsvg 1:2.40.8-1
libsamplerate 0.1.8-3
libsasl 2.1.26-7
libseccomp 2.1.1-1
libsecret 0.18-1
libsigc++ 2.4.1-1
libsm 1.2.2-2
libsndfile 1.0.25-3
libsoup 2.48.1-1
libssh2 1.4.3-2
libsystemd 218-2
libtasn1 4.3-1
libteam 1.14-1
libthai 0.1.21-1
libtheora 1.1.1-3
libtiff 4.0.3-5
libtirpc 0.2.5-1
libtool 2.4.6-1
libtxc_dxtn 1.0.1-6
libunique 1.1.6-6
libunistring 0.9.5-1
libunwind 1.1-2
libusb 1.0.19-1
libusbmuxd 1.0.10-1
libutempter 1.1.6-2
libutil-linux 2.25.2-1
libvisual 0.4.0-5
libvorbis 1.3.4-1
libvpx 1.3.0-1
libwbclient 4.2.0-1
libwnck 2.31.0-1
libx11 1.6.3-1
libxau 1.0.8-2
libxaw 1.0.12-1
libxcb 1.11-1
libxcomposite 0.4.4-2
libxcursor 1.1.14-2
libxdamage 1.1.4-2
libxdmcp 1.1.1-2
libxext 1.3.3-1
libxfce4ui 4.12.1-1
libxfce4util 4.12.1-1
libxfixes 5.0.1-1
libxfont 1.5.1-1
libxft 2.3.2-1
libxi 1.7.4-1
libxinerama 1.1.3-2
libxkbcommon 0.5.0-1
libxkbcommon-x11 0.5.0-1
libxkbfile 1.0.8-2
libxklavier 5.4-1
libxml2 2.9.2-2
libxmu 1.1.2-1
libxpm 3.5.11-1
libxrandr 1.4.2-2
libxrender 0.9.8-1
libxres 1.0.7-1
libxshmfence 1.2-1
libxslt 1.1.28-3
libxt 1.1.4-1
libxtst 1.2.2-1
libxv 1.0.10-1
libxxf86vm 1.1.4-1
licenses 20140629-1
linux 3.19.2-1
linux-api-headers 3.18.5-1
linux-firmware 20150206.17657c3-1
llvm-libs 3.6.0-3
logrotate 3.8.9-1
lvm2 2.02.116-1
lz4 127-1
lzo 2.09-1
m4 1.4.17-1
make 4.1-1
man-db 2.7.1-1
man-pages 3.81-1
mcpp 2.7.2-5
mdadm 3.3.2-1
mesa 10.5.1-2
mime-types 9-1
mkinitcpio 18-2
mkinitcpio-busybox 1.21.1-2
mobile-broadband-provider-info 20120614-2
mousepad 0.4.0-1
mozilla-common 1.4-4
mpfr 3.1.2.p11-1
mtdev 1.1.5-1
nano 2.2.6-3
ncurses 5.9-7
net-snmp 5.7.3-1
net-tools 1.60.20130531git-1
netctl 1.10-1
nettle 2.7.1-1
network-manager-applet 1.0.0-1
networkmanager 1.0.0-2
npth 1.1-1
nspr 4.10.8-1
nss 3.17.4-1
ntfs-3g 2014.2.15-1
ntp 4.2.8.p1-1
nvidia-340xx 340.76-6
nvidia-340xx-libgl 340.76-2
nvidia-340xx-utils 340.76-2
openjpeg 1.5.2-1
openresolv 3.6.1-1
openssl 1.0.2.a-1
orc 0.4.23-1
os-prober 1.64-1
p11-kit 0.22.1-3
package-query 1.5-2
pacman 4.2.1-1
pacman-mirrorlist 20150315-1
pam 1.1.8-5
pambase 20130928-1
pango 1.36.8-1
pangomm 2.34.0-1
patch 2.7.5-1
pavucontrol 2.0-2
pciutils 3.3.0-1
pcmciautils 018-7
pcre 8.36-2
perl 5.20.2-1
perl-clone 0.37-2
perl-dbi 1.633-1
perl-xml-libxml 2.0117-1
perl-xml-namespacesupport 1.11-3
perl-xml-sax 0.99-4
perl-xml-sax-base 1.08-3
pinentry 0.9.0-1
pixman 0.32.6-1
pkg-config 0.28-2
polkit 0.112-2
polkit-gnome 0.105-2
poppler 0.31.0-1
poppler-glib 0.31.0-1
popt 1.16-7
ppp 2.4.7-1
procps-ng 3.3.10-1
psmisc 22.21-2
pth 2.0.7-5
python 3.4.3-1
python2 2.7.9-1
python2-xdg 0.25-2
qpdf 5.1.2-1
qt5-base 5.4.1-2
qt5-declarative 5.4.1-2
qt5-xmlpatterns 5.4.1-2
qtchooser 48-1
randrproto 1.4.1-1
readline 6.3.006-1
recordproto 1.14.2-2
reiserfsprogs 3.6.24-1
renderproto 0.11.1-3
rest 0.7.92-1
rp-pppoe 3.11-7
s-nail 14.7.11-1
samba 4.2.0-1
sane 1.0.24-4
sddm 0.11.0-1
sed 4.2.2-3
shadow 4.2.1-2
shared-mime-info 1.4-1
simple-scan 3.14.2-1
slang 2.3.0-1
smbclient 4.2.0-1
sound-theme-freedesktop 0.8-2
sqlite 3.8.8.3-1
startup-notification 0.12-4
sudo 1.8.12-1
sysfsutils 2.1.0-9
systemd 218-2
systemd-sysvcompat 218-2
talloc 2.1.1-1
tar 1.28-1
tdb 1.3.4-1
tevent 0.9.24-1
texinfo 5.2-3
thin-provisioning-tools 0.4.1-1
thunar 1.6.6-1
thunar-volman 0.8.1-1
thunderbird 31.5.0-1
ttf-dejavu 2.34-2
ttf-ms-fonts 2.0-10
ttf-urdufonts 1.2-3
tumbler 0.1.31-1
tzdata 2015a-1
udisks2 2.1.5-1
upower 0.99.2-2
usbmuxd 1.1.0-2
usbutils 008-1
util-linux 2.25.2-1
v4l-utils 1.6.2-1
vi 1:050325-4
videoproto 2.3.2-1
vte 0.28.2-5
vte-common 0.38.3-1
wayland 1.7.0-1
wget 1.16.3-1
which 2.20-7
wine 1.7.39-1
wine-mono 4.5.6-1
wine_gecko 2.36-1
wpa_supplicant 2.3-1
xbitmaps 1.1.1-3
xcb-proto 1.11-1
xcb-util 0.4.0-1
xcb-util-image 0.4.0-1
xcb-util-keysyms 0.4.0-1
xcb-util-wm 0.4.1-1
xdg-user-dirs 0.15-1
xdg-utils 1.1.0.git20150302-1
xextproto 7.3.0-1
xf86-input-evdev 2.9.1-1
xf86-input-keyboard 1.8.0-3
xf86-input-mouse 1.9.1-1
xf86-input-synaptics 1.8.1-1
xf86vidmodeproto 2.3.1-3
xfburn 0.5.2-2
xfce4-appfinder 4.12.0-1
xfce4-mixer 4.11.0-2
xfce4-panel 4.12.0-1
xfce4-power-manager 1.4.3-1
xfce4-session 4.12.1-1
xfce4-settings 4.12.0-3
xfce4-terminal 0.6.3-2
xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin 1.5.0-2
xfconf 4.12.0-1
xfdesktop 4.12.0-1
xfsprogs 3.2.2-1
xfwm4 4.12.2-1
xfwm4-themes 4.10.0-2
xineramaproto 1.2.1-3
xkeyboard-config 2.14-1
xorg-bdftopcf 1.0.5-1
xorg-font-util 1.3.1-1
xorg-font-utils 7.6-4
xorg-fonts-alias 1.0.3-1
xorg-fonts-encodings 1.0.4-4
xorg-fonts-misc 1.0.3-3
xorg-iceauth 1.0.7-1
xorg-luit 1.1.1-2
xorg-mkfontdir 1.0.7-2
xorg-mkfontscale 1.1.2-1
xorg-server 1.17.1-4
xorg-server-common 1.17.1-4
xorg-server-utils 7.6-4
xorg-sessreg 1.1.0-1
xorg-setxkbmap 1.3.0-2
xorg-xauth 1.0.9-1
xorg-xbacklight 1.2.1-1
xorg-xcmsdb 1.0.4-2
xorg-xgamma 1.0.5-2
xorg-xhost 1.0.6-1
xorg-xinit 1.3.4-2
xorg-xinput 1.6.1-1
xorg-xkbcomp 1.3.0-1
xorg-xmodmap 1.0.8-1
xorg-xrandr 1.4.3-1
xorg-xrdb 1.1.0-1
xorg-xrefresh 1.0.5-1
xorg-xset 1.2.3-1
xorg-xsetroot 1.1.1-2
xproto 7.0.27-1
xterm 316-1
xz 5.2.1-1
yajl 2.1.0-1
yaourt 1.5-1
zd1211-firmware 1.5-1
zlib 1.2.8-3
4. Output from Slithery's script
clear; echo -n "Number of installed packages: $(pacman -Qq | wc -l)"; echo; echo; echo "# Packages in base group that aren't installed"; comm -23 <((for i in $(pacman -Sqg base); do pactree -us $i; done)|sort -u|cut -d ' ' -f 1) <(pacman -Qq); echo; echo "# Packages installed that aren't in base group"; comm -13 <((for i in $(pacman -Sqg base); do pactree -us $i; done)|sort -u|cut -d ' ' -f 1) <(pacman -Qq); echo; echo "# pstree"; pstree -U; echo; echo "# enabled services"; systemctl list-unit-files | grep enabled | grep service; echo; echo "# ssd df"; df -h -t ext4; echo; echo "# free"; free -m; echo
Note: Some information produced above will be repeaeted
[H[2JNumber of installed packages: 539
# Packages in base group that aren't installed
# Packages installed that aren't in base group
adwaita-icon-theme
alsa-lib
alsa-utils
at-spi2-atk
at-spi2-core
atk
atkmm
autoconf
automake
avahi
b43-fwcutter
bash-completion
bc
binutils
bison
btrfs-progs
cairo
cairomm
cantarell-fonts
cdparanoia
cifs-utils
colord
compositeproto
cups
cups-filters
damageproto
dbus-glib
dconf
desktop-file-utils
dhclient
dialog
dropbox
elfutils
eog
epdfview
exempi
exo
fakeroot
firefox
fixesproto
flac
flashplugin
flex
fontconfig
fontsproto
foomatic-db-engine
freetype2
fuse
galculator
gamin
garcon
gc
gcc
gconf
gcr
gd
gdk-pixbuf2
ghostscript
gksu
glib-networking
glibmm
glu
gnome-colors-icon-theme
gnome-desktop
gnome-icon-theme
gnome-icon-theme-symbolic
gnome-keyring
gnome-themes-standard
gobject-introspection
gpm
graphite
grub
grub2-theme-archxion
gsettings-desktop-schemas
gstreamer0.10
gstreamer0.10-base
gstreamer0.10-base-plugins
gtk-update-icon-cache
gtk-xfce-engine
gtk2
gtk3
gtkmm3
gtksourceview2
guile
gvfs
gvfs-afc
gvfs-smb
harfbuzz
hicolor-icon-theme
hplip
hplip-plugin
hunspell
icu
iniparser
inputproto
ipw2100-fw
ipw2200-fw
iso-codes
jansson
jasper
js17
json-c
json-glib
kbproto
lcms2
ldb
lib32-acl
lib32-attr
lib32-bzip2
lib32-curl
lib32-e2fsprogs
lib32-expat
lib32-fontconfig
lib32-freetype2
lib32-gcc-libs
lib32-gettext
lib32-glib2
lib32-glibc
lib32-glu
lib32-harfbuzz
lib32-icu
lib32-keyutils
lib32-krb5
lib32-libcap
lib32-libdbus
lib32-libffi
lib32-libgcrypt
lib32-libgpg-error
lib32-libice
lib32-libldap
lib32-libnl
lib32-libpcap
lib32-libpng
lib32-libsm
lib32-libssh2
lib32-libusb
lib32-libx11
lib32-libxau
lib32-libxcb
lib32-libxcursor
lib32-libxdamage
lib32-libxdmcp
lib32-libxext
lib32-libxfixes
lib32-libxi
lib32-libxml2
lib32-libxrandr
lib32-libxrender
lib32-ncurses
lib32-nvidia-340xx-libgl
lib32-nvidia-340xx-utils
lib32-openssl
lib32-pcre
lib32-readline
lib32-systemd
lib32-util-linux
lib32-xz
lib32-zlib
libasyncns
libatasmart
libatomic_ops
libbluray
libbsd
libburn
libcanberra
libcanberra-pulse
libcap-ng
libcddb
libcdio
libcdio-paranoia
libcroco
libcups
libdaemon
libdatrie
libdrm
libedit
libepoxy
libevdev
libevent
libexif
libfontenc
libgksu
libgnome-keyring
libgphoto2
libgtop
libgusb
libice
libieee1284
libimobiledevice
libisofs
libjpeg-turbo
libkeybinder2
libmm-glib
libmpc
libndp
libnewt
libnl
libnm-glib
libnm-gtk
libnotify
libogg
libomxil-bellagio
libpaper
libpcap
libpciaccess
libpeas
libplist
libpng
libproxy
libpulse
librsvg
libsamplerate
libsecret
libsigc++
libsm
libsndfile
libsoup
libteam
libthai
libtheora
libtiff
libtool
libtxc_dxtn
libunique
libunwind
libusbmuxd
libutempter
libvisual
libvorbis
libvpx
libwbclient
libwnck
libx11
libxau
libxaw
libxcb
libxcomposite
libxcursor
libxdamage
libxdmcp
libxext
libxfce4ui
libxfce4util
libxfixes
libxfont
libxft
libxi
libxinerama
libxkbcommon
libxkbcommon-x11
libxkbfile
libxklavier
libxml2
libxmu
libxpm
libxrandr
libxrender
libxres
libxshmfence
libxslt
libxt
libxtst
libxv
libxxf86vm
llvm-libs
m4
make
mcpp
mesa
mime-types
mobile-broadband-provider-info
mousepad
mozilla-common
mtdev
net-snmp
net-tools
network-manager-applet
networkmanager
nspr
nss
ntfs-3g
ntp
nvidia-340xx
nvidia-340xx-libgl
nvidia-340xx-utils
openjpeg
orc
os-prober
package-query
pango
pangomm
patch
pavucontrol
perl-clone
perl-dbi
perl-xml-libxml
perl-xml-namespacesupport
perl-xml-sax
perl-xml-sax-base
pixman
pkg-config
polkit
polkit-gnome
poppler
poppler-glib
ppp
python
python2
python2-xdg
qpdf
qt5-base
qt5-declarative
qt5-xmlpatterns
qtchooser
randrproto
recordproto
renderproto
rest
rp-pppoe
samba
sane
sddm
shared-mime-info
simple-scan
slang
smbclient
sound-theme-freedesktop
sqlite
startup-notification
sudo
talloc
tdb
tevent
thunar
thunar-volman
thunderbird
ttf-dejavu
ttf-ms-fonts
ttf-urdufonts
tumbler
udisks2
upower
usbmuxd
v4l-utils
videoproto
vte
vte-common
wayland
wget
wine
wine-mono
wine_gecko
wpa_supplicant
xbitmaps
xcb-proto
xcb-util
xcb-util-image
xcb-util-keysyms
xcb-util-wm
xdg-user-dirs
xdg-utils
xextproto
xf86-input-evdev
xf86-input-keyboard
xf86-input-mouse
xf86-input-synaptics
xf86vidmodeproto
xfburn
xfce4-appfinder
xfce4-mixer
xfce4-panel
xfce4-power-manager
xfce4-session
xfce4-settings
xfce4-terminal
xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin
xfconf
xfdesktop
xfwm4
xfwm4-themes
xineramaproto
xkeyboard-config
xorg-bdftopcf
xorg-font-util
xorg-font-utils
xorg-fonts-alias
xorg-fonts-encodings
xorg-fonts-misc
xorg-iceauth
xorg-luit
xorg-mkfontdir
xorg-mkfontscale
xorg-server
xorg-server-common
xorg-server-utils
xorg-sessreg
xorg-setxkbmap
xorg-xauth
xorg-xbacklight
xorg-xcmsdb
xorg-xgamma
xorg-xhost
xorg-xinit
xorg-xinput
xorg-xkbcomp
xorg-xmodmap
xorg-xrandr
xorg-xrdb
xorg-xrefresh
xorg-xset
xorg-xsetroot
xproto
xterm
yajl
yaourt
zd1211-firmware
# pstree
systemd─┬─NetworkManager─┬─dhclient
│ ├─{NetworkManager}
│ ├─{gdbus}
│ └─{gmain}
├─Thunar─┬─{gdbus}
│ └─{gmain}
├─at-spi-bus-laun─┬─dbus-daemon
│ ├─{dconf worker}
│ ├─{gdbus}
│ └─{gmain}
├─at-spi2-registr───{gdbus}
├─avahi-daemon───avahi-daemon
├─colord─┬─{gdbus}
│ └─{gmain}
├─cupsd
├─3*[dbus-daemon]
├─2*[dbus-launch]
├─dconf-service─┬─{gdbus}
│ └─{gmain}
├─firefox─┬─6*[{Analysis Helper}]
│ ├─{Cache I/O}
│ ├─{Cache2 I/O}
│ ├─{Cert Verify}
│ ├─{Compositor}
│ ├─{DNS Resolver #7}
│ ├─{DNS Resolver #9}
│ ├─{DNS Res~ver #10}
│ ├─3*[{DOM Worker}]
│ ├─{GMPThread}
│ ├─{Gecko_IOThread}
│ ├─{HTML5 Parser}
│ ├─{Hang Monitor}
│ ├─{IPDL Background}
│ ├─{Image Scaler}
│ ├─{ImageBridgeChil}
│ ├─{JS Watchdog}
│ ├─{MediaManager}
│ ├─{Net Predictor}
│ ├─{Proxy R~olution}
│ ├─{Socket Thread}
│ ├─{Timer}
│ ├─{URL Classifier}
│ ├─{dconf worker}
│ ├─3*[{firefox}]
│ ├─{gdbus}
│ ├─{gmain}
│ ├─{localStorage DB}
│ ├─{mozStorage #10}
│ ├─{mozStorage #1}
│ ├─{mozStorage #2}
│ ├─{mozStorage #3}
│ ├─{mozStorage #4}
│ ├─{mozStorage #5}
│ ├─{mozStorage #6}
│ ├─{mozStorage #7}
│ ├─{mozStorage #8}
│ └─{mozStorage #9}
├─gnome-keyring-d─┬─{dconf worker}
│ ├─{gdbus}
│ ├─{gmain}
│ └─{timer}
├─gpg-agent
├─gvfs-afc-volume─┬─{gdbus}
│ └─{gvfs-afc-volume}
├─gvfs-udisks2-vo─┬─{gdbus}
│ └─{gmain}
├─gvfsd───{gdbus}
├─gvfsd-fuse─┬─{gdbus}
│ ├─{gvfs-fuse-sub}
│ └─2*[{gvfsd-fuse}]
├─gvfsd-metadata───{gdbus}
├─gvfsd-trash─┬─{gdbus}
│ └─{gmain}
├─polkitd─┬─{JS GC Helper}
│ ├─{JS Sour~ Thread}
│ ├─{gdbus}
│ ├─{gmain}
│ └─{runaway-killer-}
├─sddm─┬─Xorg
│ ├─sddm-helper─┬─sh───xfce4-session─┬─dropbox─┬─{QXcbEventReader}
│ │ │ │ └─24*[{dropbox}]
│ │ │ ├─nm-applet─┬─{dconf worker}
│ │ │ │ ├─{gdbus}
│ │ │ │ └─{gmain}
│ │ │ ├─polkit-gnome-au───{gdbus}
│ │ │ ├─{gdbus}
│ │ │ └─{gmain}
│ │ └─{QProcessManager}
│ └─{QProcessManager}
├─2*[systemd───(sd-pam)]
├─systemd-journal
├─systemd-logind
├─systemd-udevd───systemd-udevd
├─thunderbird─┬─2*[{Analysis Helper}]
│ ├─{Cache I/O}
│ ├─{Cache2 I/O}
│ ├─{Cert Verify}
│ ├─{DOM Worker}
│ ├─{Gecko_IOThread}
│ ├─{HTML5 Parser}
│ ├─{Hang Monitor}
│ ├─{JS GC Helper}
│ ├─{JS Watchdog}
│ ├─{Network Seer}
│ ├─{Proxy R~olution}
│ ├─{Socket Thread}
│ ├─{Timer}
│ ├─{URL Classifier}
│ ├─{dconf worker}
│ ├─{gdbus}
│ ├─{gmain}
│ ├─{localStorage DB}
│ ├─{mozStorage #1}
│ ├─{mozStorage #2}
│ ├─{mozStorage #3}
│ ├─{mozStorage #4}
│ ├─{mozStorage #5}
│ ├─{mozStorage #6}
│ └─8*[{thunderbird}]
├─tumblerd─┬─{gdbus}
│ ├─{gmain}
│ └─2*[{pool}]
├─udisksd─┬─{cleanup}
│ ├─{gdbus}
│ ├─{gmain}
│ └─{probing-thread}
├─upowerd─┬─{gdbus}
│ └─{gmain}
├─wpa_supplicant
├─xfce4-panel─┬─panel-1-whisker─┬─{gdbus}
│ │ └─{gmain}
│ ├─panel-12-mixer─┬─{gdbus}
│ │ ├─{task0}
│ │ ├─{task1}
│ │ └─{task2}
│ ├─panel-2-actions
│ ├─panel-6-systray
│ ├─{gdbus}
│ └─{gmain}
├─xfce4-power-man───{gdbus}
├─xfce4-terminal─┬─bash───bash───pstree
│ ├─gnome-pty-helpe
│ ├─{gdbus}
│ └─{gmain}
├─xfconfd
├─xfdesktop─┬─{gdbus}
│ └─{gmain}
├─xfsettingsd─┬─{gdbus}
│ └─{gmain}
└─xfwm4
# enabled services
dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service enabled
dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service enabled
display-manager.service enabled
[email protected] enabled
NetworkManager-dispatcher.service enabled
NetworkManager.service enabled
org.cups.cupsd.service enabled
sddm.service enabled
# ssd df
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2 8.8G 4.8G 3.5G 58% /
/dev/sda4 63G 12G 48G 20% /home
# free
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 2948 985 805 8 1157 1743
Swap: 2047 0 2047
5. Packages removable IMO
More could be possible based on suggestions, but IMHO and is it safe?:
|Package Name | Reason |
|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------
|man-db 2.7.1-1 | For me: Wiki, Google and Forums are > what I need. |
|man-pages 3.81-1 | For me: Wiki, Google and Forums are > what I need. |
|xterm | xfce4-terminal is installed so is it needed? |
|reiserfsprogs | No need for reiser FS support (if it is what package does). |
|jfsutils | No need for JFS support. |
|xfsprogs | No need for XFS support. |
|lvm2 | I think no need for logical VM (but not sure). |
|mdadm | I think no need for md devices monitoring/managing. ]
|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------
|xfwm4-themes | No big fan of theming unless required for XFCE. |
|btrfs-progs | No need for btrfs support (if it is what package does). |
|ipw2100-fw | No need for Intel centrino drivers. |
|ipw2200-fw | No need for Intel PRO/wireless. |
|zd1211-firmware | I think no need for in-kernel26 zd1211rw wireless driver. |
6. Please guide what further can be removed.
Thank you for time.
Update: Del packages are already removed based on learning/thread discussion so far.
Last edited by jackpot (2015-03-25 14:31:31)

An update
I managed to reach:
pacman -Q | wc -l
475
From 536, more may be possible but need to learn a bit more. Packages installed now include:
acl 2.2.52-2
adwaita-icon-theme 3.14.1-1
alsa-lib 1.0.29-1
alsa-utils 1.0.29-1
archlinux-keyring 20150212-1
at-spi2-atk 2.14.1-1
at-spi2-core 2.14.1-1
atk 2.14.0-1
attr 2.4.47-1
avahi 0.6.31-14
bash 4.3.033-1
bc 1.06.95-1
binutils 2.25-2
bleachbit 1.6-1
bzip2 1.0.6-5
ca-certificates 20140923-9
ca-certificates-cacert 20140824-2
ca-certificates-mozilla 3.17.4-1
ca-certificates-utils 20140923-9
cairo 1.14.2-1
cantarell-fonts 0.0.16-2
cdparanoia 10.2-5
cifs-utils 6.4-1
colord 1.2.9-1
compositeproto 0.4.2-3
coreutils 8.23-1
cracklib 2.9.1-1
cups 2.0.2-3
cups-filters 1.0.67-1
curl 7.41.0-1
damageproto 1.2.1-3
db 5.3.28-2
dbus 1.8.16-2
dbus-glib 0.102-2
dconf 0.22.0-1
desktop-file-utils 0.22-1
device-mapper 2.02.116-1
dhclient 4.3.1-1
dhcpcd 6.7.1-1
diffutils 3.3-2
dropbox 3.2.9-2
e2fsprogs 1.42.12-2
elfutils 0.161-3
eog 3.14.3-1
epdfview 0.1.8-5
exempi 2.2.2-1
exo 0.10.4-2
expat 2.1.0-4
fakeroot 1.20.2-1
file 5.22-1
file-roller 3.14.2-2
filesystem 2015.02-1
findutils 4.4.2-6
firefox 36.0.4-1
fixesproto 5.0-3
flac 1.3.1-1
fontconfig 2.11.1-1
fontsproto 2.1.3-1
foomatic-db-engine 3:20150308-1
freetype2 2.5.5-1
fuse 2.9.3-2
galculator 2.1.3-3
gamin 0.1.10-8
garcon 0.4.0-1
gawk 4.1.1-1
gc 7.4.2-2
gcc 4.9.2-4
gcc-libs 4.9.2-4
gd 2.1.1-1
gdbm 1.11-1
gdk-pixbuf2 2.31.3-1
gettext 0.19.4-1
ghostscript 9.15-2
glib-networking 2.42.1-1
glib2 2.42.2-1
glibc 2.21-2
glu 9.0.0-3
gmp 6.0.0-2
gnome-desktop 1:3.14.2-1
gnome-icon-theme 3.12.0-2
gnome-icon-theme-symbolic 3.12.0-2
gnome-themes-standard 3.14.2.3-1
gnupg 2.1.2-1
gnutls 3.3.13-1
gobject-introspection 1.42.0-1
gpgme 1.5.3-1
gpm 1.20.7-4
graphite 1:1.2.4-1
grep 2.21-2
groff 1.22.3-2
grub 1:2.02.beta2-5
gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.14.1-1
gstreamer0.10 0.10.36-4
gstreamer0.10-base 0.10.36-3
gstreamer0.10-base-plugins 0.10.36-3
gtk-update-icon-cache 2.24.27-1
gtk-xfce-engine 2.10.1-1
gtk2 2.24.27-1
gtk3 3.14.9-1
gtksourceview2 2.10.5-3
guile 2.0.11-2
gvfs 1.22.3-2
gzip 1.6-1
harfbuzz 0.9.38-1
hicolor-icon-theme 0.13-1
hplip 3.15.2-3
hplip-plugin 3.15.2-1
hunspell 1.3.3-1
hwids 20150129-1
iana-etc 2.30-4
icu 54.1-1
inetutils 1.9.2-2
iniparser 3.1-4
inputproto 2.3.1-1
iproute2 3.19.0-1
iptables 1.4.21-1
iputils 20121221-3
iso-codes 3.57-1
jansson 2.7-1
jasper 1.900.1-13
js17 17.0.0-1
json-glib 1.0.2-1
kbd 2.0.2-1
kbproto 1.0.6-2
keyutils 1.5.9-1
kmod 20-1
krb5 1.13.1-1
lcms2 2.6-1
ldb 1.1.20-1
less 471-1
lib32-acl 2.2.52-2
lib32-attr 2.4.47-1
lib32-bzip2 1.0.6-2
lib32-curl 7.41.0-1
lib32-e2fsprogs 1.42.12-1
lib32-expat 2.1.0-2
lib32-fontconfig 2.11.1-1
lib32-freetype2 2.5.5-1
lib32-gcc-libs 4.9.2-4
lib32-gettext 0.19.4-1
lib32-glib2 2.42.2-1
lib32-glibc 2.21-2
lib32-glu 9.0.0-2
lib32-harfbuzz 0.9.38-1
lib32-icu 54.1-1
lib32-keyutils 1.5.9-1
lib32-krb5 1.13.1-1
lib32-libcap 2.24-1
lib32-libdbus 1.8.16-1
lib32-libffi 3.2.1-1
lib32-libgcrypt 1.6.3-1
lib32-libgpg-error 1.18-1
lib32-libice 1.0.9-1
lib32-libldap 2.4.40-1
lib32-libnl 3.2.25-1
lib32-libpcap 1.6.2-1
lib32-libpng 1.6.16-1
lib32-libsm 1.2.2-1
lib32-libssh2 1.4.3-2
lib32-libusb 1.0.19-1
lib32-libx11 1.6.3-1
lib32-libxau 1.0.8-1
lib32-libxcb 1.11-1
lib32-libxcursor 1.1.14-1
lib32-libxdamage 1.1.4-2
lib32-libxdmcp 1.1.1-2
lib32-libxext 1.3.3-1
lib32-libxfixes 5.0.1-1
lib32-libxi 1.7.4-1
lib32-libxml2 2.9.2-1
lib32-libxrandr 1.4.2-1
lib32-libxrender 0.9.8-1
lib32-ncurses 5.9-3
lib32-nvidia-340xx-libgl 340.76-1
lib32-nvidia-340xx-utils 340.76-1
lib32-openssl 1.0.2.a-1
lib32-pcre 8.36-1
lib32-readline 6.3.006-1
lib32-systemd 218-1
lib32-util-linux 2.25.2-1
lib32-xz 5.2.1-1
lib32-zlib 1.2.8-1
libaio 0.3.110-1
libarchive 3.1.2-8
libassuan 2.1.3-1
libatasmart 0.19-3
libatomic_ops 7.4.2-1
libbluray 0.7.0-1
libbsd 0.7.0-1
libcap 2.24-2
libcap-ng 0.7.4-1
libcddb 1.3.2-4
libcdio 0.93-1
libcdio-paranoia 10.2+0.93+1-1
libcroco 0.6.8-2
libcups 2.0.2-3
libdaemon 0.14-3
libdatrie 0.2.8-1
libdbus 1.8.16-2
libdrm 2.4.60-1
libedit 20141030_3.1-1
libepoxy 1.2-2
libevdev 1.4-1
libevent 2.0.22-1
libexif 0.6.21-2
libffi 3.2.1-1
libfontenc 1.1.2-1
libgcrypt 1.6.3-2
libglade 2.6.4-5
libgpg-error 1.18-1
libgphoto2 2.5.7-1
libgusb 0.2.4-1
libice 1.0.9-1
libidn 1.30-1
libieee1284 0.2.11-5
libimobiledevice 1.2.0-1
libjpeg-turbo 1.4.0-1
libkeybinder2 0.3.0-2
libksba 1.3.2-1
libldap 2.4.40-2
libmm-glib 1.4.4-1
libmpc 1.0.3-1
libndp 1.4-1
libnewt 0.52.17-2
libnl 3.2.25-1
libnm-glib 1.0.0-2
libnm-gtk 1.0.0-1
libnotify 0.7.6-1
libogg 1.3.2-1
libomxil-bellagio 0.9.3-1
libpaper 1.1.24-7
libpcap 1.6.2-1
libpciaccess 0.13.3-1
libpeas 1.12.1-1
libpipeline 1.4.0-1
libplist 1.12-1
libpng 1.6.16-1
libproxy 0.4.11-5
librsvg 1:2.40.8-1
libsamplerate 0.1.8-3
libsasl 2.1.26-7
libseccomp 2.1.1-1
libsecret 0.18-1
libsm 1.2.2-2
libsndfile 1.0.25-3
libsoup 2.48.1-1
libssh2 1.4.3-2
libsystemd 218-2
libtasn1 4.3-1
libteam 1.14-1
libthai 0.1.21-1
libtheora 1.1.1-3
libtiff 4.0.3-5
libtirpc 0.2.5-1
libtool 2.4.6-1
libtxc_dxtn 1.0.1-6
libunique 1.1.6-6
libunistring 0.9.5-1
libunwind 1.1-2
libusb 1.0.19-1
libusbmuxd 1.0.10-1
libutil-linux 2.26.1-3
libvisual 0.4.0-5
libvorbis 1.3.4-1
libvpx 1.3.0-1
libwbclient 4.2.0-1
libwnck 2.31.0-1
libx11 1.6.3-1
libxau 1.0.8-2
libxcb 1.11-1
libxcomposite 0.4.4-2
libxcursor 1.1.14-2
libxdamage 1.1.4-2
libxdmcp 1.1.2-1
libxext 1.3.3-1
libxfce4ui 4.12.1-1
libxfce4util 4.12.1-1
libxfixes 5.0.1-1
libxfont 1.5.1-1
libxft 2.3.2-1
libxi 1.7.4-1
libxinerama 1.1.3-2
libxkbcommon 0.5.0-1
libxkbfile 1.0.8-2
libxklavier 5.4-1
libxml2 2.9.2-2
libxmu 1.1.2-1
libxpm 3.5.11-1
libxrandr 1.4.2-2
libxrender 0.9.8-1
libxres 1.0.7-1
libxshmfence 1.2-1
libxslt 1.1.28-3
libxt 1.1.4-1
libxtst 1.2.2-1
libxv 1.0.10-1
libxxf86vm 1.1.4-1
linux 3.19.2-1
linux-api-headers 3.18.5-1
linux-firmware 20150206.17657c3-1
llvm-libs 3.6.0-3
logrotate 3.8.9-1
lxdm 0.5.0-4
lz4 127-1
lzo 2.09-1
make 4.1-1
man-db 2.7.1-1
man-pages 3.81-1
mcpp 2.7.2-5
mesa 10.5.1-2
mime-types 9-1
mkinitcpio 18-2
mkinitcpio-busybox 1.21.1-2
mobile-broadband-provider-info 20120614-2
mousepad 0.4.0-1
mozilla-common 1.4-4
mpfr 3.1.2.p11-1
mtdev 1.1.5-1
nano 2.2.6-3
ncurses 5.9-7
net-snmp 5.7.3-1
netctl 1.10-1
nettle 2.7.1-1
network-manager-applet 1.0.0-1
networkmanager 1.0.0-2
npth 1.1-1
nspr 4.10.8-1
nss 3.17.4-1
ntfs-3g 2014.2.15-1
ntp 4.2.8.p1-1
nvidia-340xx 340.76-6
nvidia-340xx-libgl 340.76-2
nvidia-340xx-utils 340.76-2
openjpeg 1.5.2-1
openresolv 3.6.1-1
openssl 1.0.2.a-1
orc 0.4.23-1
os-prober 1.64-1
p11-kit 0.22.1-3
p7zip 9.38.1-1
package-query 1.5-2
pacman 4.2.1-1
pacman-mirrorlist 20150315-1
pam 1.1.8-5
pambase 20130928-1
pango 1.36.8-1
pciutils 3.3.0-1
pcmciautils 018-7
pcre 8.36-2
perl 5.20.2-1
perl-clone 0.37-2
perl-dbi 1.633-1
perl-xml-libxml 2.0117-1
perl-xml-namespacesupport 1.11-3
perl-xml-sax 0.99-4
perl-xml-sax-base 1.08-3
pinentry 0.9.0-1
pixman 0.32.6-1
polkit 0.112-2
polkit-gnome 0.105-2
poppler 0.31.0-1
poppler-glib 0.31.0-1
popt 1.16-7
procps-ng 3.3.10-1
psmisc 22.21-2
pth 2.0.7-5
pygobject2-devel 2.28.6-11
pygtk 2.24.0-5
python 3.4.3-1
python2 2.7.9-1
python2-cairo 1.10.0-2
python2-gobject2 2.28.6-11
qpdf 5.1.2-1
randrproto 1.4.1-1
readline 6.3.006-1
recordproto 1.14.2-2
renderproto 0.11.1-3
rest 0.7.92-1
samba 4.2.0-1
sane 1.0.24-4
sed 4.2.2-3
shadow 4.2.1-3
shared-mime-info 1.4-1
simple-scan 3.14.2-1
slang 2.3.0-1
smbclient 4.2.0-1
sqlite 3.8.8.3-1
startup-notification 0.12-4
sudo 1.8.12-1
sysfsutils 2.1.0-9
systemd 218-2
systemd-sysvcompat 218-2
talloc 2.1.1-1
tar 1.28-1
tdb 1.3.4-1
tevent 0.9.24-1
texinfo 5.2-3
thunar 1.6.6-1
thunar-archive-plugin 0.3.1-5
thunar-volman 0.8.1-1
thunderbird 31.5.0-1
ttf-dejavu 2.34-2
ttf-ms-fonts 2.0-10
ttf-urdufonts 1.2-3
tumbler 0.1.31-1
tzdata 2015a-1
udisks2 2.1.5-1
upower 0.99.2-2
usbutils 008-1
util-linux 2.26.1-3
v4l-utils 1.6.2-1
vi 1:050325-4
videoproto 2.3.2-1
vte 0.28.2-5
vte-common 0.38.3-1
wayland 1.7.0-1
wget 1.16.3-1
which 2.20-7
wine 1.7.39-2
wine-mono 4.5.6-1
wine_gecko 2.36-1
wpa_supplicant 2.3-1
xcb-proto 1.11-1
xcb-util 0.4.0-1
xextproto 7.3.0-1
xf86-input-evdev 2.9.1-1
xf86-input-keyboard 1.8.0-3
xf86-input-mouse 1.9.1-1
xf86vidmodeproto 2.3.1-3
xfce4-appfinder 4.12.0-1
xfce4-mixer 4.11.0-2
xfce4-panel 4.12.0-1
xfce4-power-manager 1.4.4-1
xfce4-session 4.12.1-2
xfce4-settings 4.12.0-3
xfce4-terminal 0.6.3-2
xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin 1.5.0-2
xfconf 4.12.0-1
xfdesktop 4.12.1-1
xfwm4 4.12.2-1
xineramaproto 1.2.1-3
xkeyboard-config 2.14-1
xorg-bdftopcf 1.0.5-1
xorg-font-util 1.3.1-1
xorg-font-utils 7.6-4
xorg-fonts-alias 1.0.3-1
xorg-fonts-encodings 1.0.4-4
xorg-fonts-misc 1.0.3-3
xorg-iceauth 1.0.7-1
xorg-mkfontdir 1.0.7-2
xorg-mkfontscale 1.1.2-1
xorg-server 1.17.1-4
xorg-server-common 1.17.1-4
xorg-server-utils 7.6-4
xorg-sessreg 1.1.0-1
xorg-setxkbmap 1.3.0-2
xorg-xauth 1.0.9-1
xorg-xbacklight 1.2.1-1
xorg-xcmsdb 1.0.4-2
xorg-xgamma 1.0.5-2
xorg-xhost 1.0.6-1
xorg-xinit 1.3.4-2
xorg-xinput 1.6.1-1
xorg-xkbcomp 1.3.0-1
xorg-xmodmap 1.0.8-1
xorg-xrandr 1.4.3-1
xorg-xrdb 1.1.0-1
xorg-xrefresh 1.0.5-1
xorg-xset 1.2.3-1
xorg-xsetroot 1.1.1-2
xproto 7.0.27-1
xz 5.2.1-1
yajl 2.1.0-1
yaourt 1.5-1
zlib 1.2.8-3
EDIT:
More suggestions welcome.
Last edited by jackpot (2015-03-25 17:27:24)

Install package as dependency of another package

Suppose you want to install Package X, which depends on Package Y. You also want to install Package Z, which augments Package X, but is not a dependency of Package X. You run:
pacman -S X Z
Now suppose that you no longer want Package X on your system. You run:
pacman -R X
Package X is removed. Now you can run:
pacman -Qdt
To clean up packages orphaned by Package X. Provided nothing else depends on Package Y, Package Y will be removed.
All is well and good, except Package Z was not orphaned by Package X. Even though Package Z is (in this hypothetical example) useless without Package X, it won't be removed automatically because it was installed with pacman -S.
So... is there a way to install Package Z as a dependency of Package X such that, when Package X is removed, Package Z will be orphaned if no other packages depend on it?

Thank you, rwd, that does the trick. Editing the PKGBUILD is quite reasonable when Package X is in AUR, and for official packages, editing /var/lib/pacman/local/X/depends (not Z/depends) works. The downside is that I have to remember that I want Package Z to behave as a dependency of Package X and tweak Package X every time it is updated. So yes, an --asdepof option would be really swell.
For venky80 and anyone else who may be interested in this, here's a real-world example. Suppose you want to install loudmouth for use with amarok. If you later decide to uninstall amarok, you would like for loudmouth to be automatically uninstalled as well (unless some other package depends on it). loudmouth is not a depedency of amarok (incidentally it is an optional dependency, but this will work with any package that is not a dependency).
1. Install amarok
$ pacman -S amarok
2. Install loudmouth with --asdeps
$ pacman -S --asdeps loudmouth
3. Edit amarok's depends file to make it depend on loudmouth
3a. Open the file in a text editor
$ nano /var/lib/pacman/local/amarok*/depends
3b. Add "loudmouth" under the DEPENDS section; e.g.
%DEPENDS%
loudmouth
mysql>=5.1.34
kdebase-runtime>=4.2
taglib
3c. If loudmouth is an optional dependency of amarok (and it is), remove it from the OPTDEPENDS section.
3d. Save and close the depends file.
4. Test to see if it worked
$ pacman -Qtd
$ # loudmouth should not be listed
$ pacman -Rs amarok
$ # loudmouth should be listed

[Solved] rebuild a currently installed package

hey everyone! a while ago, i accidentally pacman -Scc rather than just -Sc because i was being dumb and not paying attention, and now it turns out that i actually need one of those packages i deleted. is it possible to re-make a currently installed package from the the files scattered around my system?
Last edited by shmibs (2013-09-16 15:19:45)

@OP - Not what you asked, but be aware that you can look for the package and build an older version yourself. Example for [extra]/vim:
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/vim/
*Click 'view changes'
*Let's say I want to build package version 7.3.515-1 for some reason
*Click 'upgpkg: vim 7.3.515-1'
*Click the link next to 'Download' to grab the tarball
*Extract it and go into '/path/to/archive/trunk'
*There you will find all the needed files to build said package

How to install packages on client via VPN

Hello
I have a number of users that use laptops and mostly connect to the office network via an OSX VPN Server. I can see when they connect, copy files to them and control their screens.
I do not seem to be able to install packages to them. The ARD console goes through the motions but the package never gets to the remote end and is never installed.
Can anyone shed any light on this? From what I can tell this may be a multicast issue - if this is true how can I get the VPN server to route the multicast traffic, or alternatively how can I stop ARD from using multicast for these clients?
Any help appreciated. If I can not use the package installation system it will make managing these users quite difficult.
Kind regards
Jason
Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Hi Jason,
Have you found anything else that can't be done or is acting strangely using ARD with those connecting via VPN? Another question that comes to mind is the up and down speed of both your office's connection to the net and that of the clients connecting in. You said that you can copy files to them--does that work with large files as well? Have you tried copying the install package rather than installing it to see if that works?
I ask all of this because I've found in my support role with VPN clients, that viewing/controlling the screen, copying small files, chats, and alerts all work fine. But a large install package? I don't even bother. Sure, it works locally, but the upload speed of the company's internet connection isn't fast enough to do large copies or installs remotely. (Which is why I'm wondering about copying a large file.) I usually get a "Communication Error".
Power Mac G5 1.8GHz DP, 1.5GB RAM, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Pacman isn't showing all the installed packages

Hey guys!
Since last week pacman isn't showing all the installed packages in my system. If I issue the command pacman -Q it just returns the following packages:
a52dec 0.7.4-4
acl 2.2.49-2
alsa-lib 1.0.23-2
atk 1.32.0-1
attr 2.4.44-2
avahi 0.6.28-1
bash 4.1.009-3
bzip2 1.0.6-1
cairo 1.10.2-1
cairo-perl 1.061-3
compositeproto 0.4.2-1
coreutils 8.10-1
cracklib 2.8.18-1
damageproto 1.2.1-1
db 5.1.19-3
dbus 1.4.1-1
dbus-core 1.4.1-1
desktop-file-utils 0.18-1
e2fsprogs 1.41.14-1
expat 2.0.1-6
faac 1.28-2
ffmpeg 20110121-2
filesystem 2010.12-1
findutils 4.4.2-3
fixesproto 4.1.2-1
fontconfig 2.8.0-1
freetype2 2.4.4-2
gcc-libs 4.5.2-6
gdbm 1.8.3-8
gdk-pixbuf2 2.22.1-1
gettext 0.18.1.1-1
glib-perl 1.223-2
glib2 2.26.1-1
glibc 2.13-1
gmp 5.0.1-2
gnutls 2.10.4-1
gtk2 2.22.1-1
gtk2-perl 1.222-2
gzip 1.4-2
heimdal 1.3.3-4
iana-etc 2.30-1
imagemagick 6.6.7.3-1
inputproto 2.0.1-1
kbproto 1.0.5-1
lame 3.98.4-1
lcms 1.19-1
libarchive 2.8.4-2
libcap 2.20-1
libcups 1.4.6-1
libdaemon 0.14-1
libdatrie 0.2.4-1
libdrm 2.4.23-1
libdv 1.0.0-3
libdvdread 4.1.3-2
libfetch 2.33-1
libgcrypt 1.4.6-1
libgl 7.10-1
libgpg-error 1.9-2
libice 1.0.7-1
libjpeg 8.3.0-1
libldap 2.4.23-1
libmp4v2 1.9.1-1
libmpeg2 0.5.1-1
libogg 1.2.2-1.1
libpng 1.4.5-1
libsasl 2.1.23-5
libsm 1.2.0-1
libtasn1 2.8-1
libthai 0.1.14-1
libtheora 1.1.1-1
libtiff 3.9.4-1
libtool 2.4-2
libva 1.0.8-1
libvdpau 0.4.1-1
libvorbis 1.3.2-1
libvpx 0.9.5-2
libx11 1.4.1-1
libxau 1.0.6-1
libxaw 1.0.9-1
libxcb 1.7-1
libxcomposite 0.4.3-1
libxcursor 1.1.11-1
libxdamage 1.1.3-1
libxdmcp 1.1.0-1
libxext 1.2.0-1
libxfixes 4.0.5-1
libxft 2.2.0-1
libxi 1.4.1-1
libxinerama 1.1.1-1
libxml2 2.7.8-1
libxmu 1.1.0-1
libxpm 3.5.9-1
libxrandr 1.3.1-1
libxrender 0.9.6-1
libxt 1.0.9-1
libxv 1.0.6-1
libxxf86vm 1.1.1-1
linux-api-headers 2.6.37-1
lzo2 2.04-1
mjpegtools 1.9.0-4
ncurses 5.7-4
opencore-amr 0.1.2-1
openjpeg 1.3-3
openssl 1.0.0.d-1
orc 0.4.11-1
pacman 3.4.3-1
pacman-cage 2.9.8.2-4
pacman-mirrorlist 20101223-1
pam 1.1.3-1
pango 1.28.3-1
pango-perl 1.221-3
pcre 8.12-1
perl 5.12.3-1
perl-anyevent 5.24-1
perl-event 1.13-3
perl-event-execflow 0.64-2
perl-gtk2-ex-formfactory 0.66-2
perl-libintl-perl 1.20-2
pixman 0.20.2-1
popt 1.16-3
randrproto 1.3.2-1
readline 6.1.002-2
renderproto 0.11.1-1
schroedinger 1.0.10-1
sdl 1.2.14-6
shadow 4.1.4.2-4
shared-mime-info 0.90-1
sqlite3 3.7.5-1
tar 1.25-1
texinfo 4.13a-5
transcode 1.1.5-5
tzdata 2010o-1
util-linux-ng 2.18-4
videoproto 2.3.1-1
x264 20110115-1
xcb-proto 1.6-2
xextproto 7.1.2-1
xf86vidmodeproto 2.3.1-1
xineramaproto 1.2.1-1
xproto 7.0.20-1
xvidcore 1.2.2-1
xz 5.0.1-1
zlib 1.2.5-3
Here you can see a shot of my /var/lib/pacman/local directory, containing just a few directories related to the packages above.
I have a lot more installed in my system, eg. the holl KDE system.
Is there a command/workaround to make these missing packages appear again in pacman?!
Thanks in advance.
Last edited by estevao (2011-02-11 17:29:52)

Spider.007 wrote:
Leonid.I wrote:
mcmillan wrote:You probably can do some searching to track it down (or rewrite something similar if you know how) prior to going through with a complete reinstall.
... which (complete reinstall) will be required with high probability, since all the solutions proposed above will most likely break the system
Arch Linux is more than just GNU/Linux -- it's an adventure
I think your signature is either too sarcastic, or too much in contrast with what you are posting here. A damaged database is really no big deal, and the only things that the proposed solutions attempt to do is that pacman re-installs a package (which changes close to nothing in your actual installation) and then write that update to its database.
I do not agree with your statement that the probability of a required reinstall are high. Actually, I would say they are pretty low
There is nothing sarcastic about my sig. Indeed, what would be the fun of using a system, which never breaks?
Regarding the probability of a reinstall either my opinion, or yours is irrelevant for the topic of this discussion.
Finally, I would like to draw your attention to the little thingie in the end of my post: ":)" . It's called smiley and was put there for a reason, you know...

Creating new folders with Package Maker during preinstall actions?

I have figured out MOST of what I need to have a successful install package produced with Package Maker BUT... how do you create an empty folder? My application uses a few folders for archiving and scratch, but unless I add some text file to that path I can't figure out how to create the folder I need. I am only fluent in Applescript so I hope I can use that to create these folders but I will learn enough unix if need be. If it requires any other language to accomplish this task I guess I will have to go another route.
Any ideas?

It isn't part of PackageMaker at all. It is defined in "URL Types" in your application. See the source code to Bwana for a simple example.

Problem to install Package on the target machines

hi everyone
I want to use Remote Desktop to install new softwares on many clients through LAN. But I read some posts about the problem. It needs a software "PackageMaker" to make pkg-format. I have some question about the PackageMaker.
1- I have Remote Desktop v. 2.2. Is PackageMaker going to work with this version?
2- We have more than 300 clients and will update or fresh install Adobe package (Photoshop, ILLustrator and InDesign). This package is too big, some GBs. Is PackageMaker going to work?
3- If question 1 and 2 are not going to work. I will think about Remote Desktop v 3.0. Is this version 3.0 going to work? Because I did not use it
4- If question 1 and 2 are going to work. Where can I buy PackageMaker?
PS! We use Mac OS Server 10.4.6 and Mac OS Client 10.3.9
Thank you very much
Best Regards
Tri

both ARD versions 2.2 and 3 can install packages.
PackageMaker is free. You can get it by installing the apple developer tools. i think PackageMaker will successfully create the package but I think it'll be incredibly large and problematic to try to push out 1 package that is larger than 2 gigs. You may be better off creating a different package installer for each individual app.
Also Adobe CS (1 and 2) is a huge pain to install due to all of the files necessary for it to work. It puts files in the user's home folder and this can cause lots of problems when trying to install remotely... prompting for an admin to authenticate if it needs to make a change. I wish you much luck with this aspect.
ARD 3 is supposed to be better able to handle something like pushing out a large package but in reality, version 2.2 may work just as well for you.

How to prevent downgrading of the app in meta package using package versioning feature of package maker tool?

Hi,
Created an installer i.e, meta package using package maker tool. I want to prevent downgrading of the application or package on the target/installed volume.
Problem is, if there is a newer version of app and when I try to install any older version, then it does not throw any error message to the end user and replaces the existing newer version with the older version of app, which should not happen. But, if I check the package version using version comparison of Package maker tool, that works fine with flat packages i.e, with the .pkg files. So, I need the solution for metapackages(.mpkg) and want to prevent downgrading of app for metapackages. I am not getting any solutions for this. Can someone guide me on this?
Thanks for the help provided.

Hi,
Created an installer i.e, meta package using package maker tool. I want to prevent downgrading of the application or package on the target/installed volume.
Problem is, if there is a newer version of app and when I try to install any older version, then it does not throw any error message to the end user and replaces the existing newer version with the older version of app, which should not happen. But, if I check the package version using version comparison of Package maker tool, that works fine with flat packages i.e, with the .pkg files. So, I need the solution for metapackages(.mpkg) and want to prevent downgrading of app for metapackages. I am not getting any solutions for this. Can someone guide me on this?
Thanks for the help provided.

Post install package installation on RHEL5

Hi,
Can I have some advise please.
When I installed Oracle's RHEL5 Linux OS I failed to select quite a lot of packages that I needed (like Apache for example.)
I've been double clicking on the RPM packages and getting lots of dependacy errors and searching though the other CD's trying to find the dependencies and of course running into more dependancy problems.
I am not yet in a position to buy the support agreement as I just want to get the server working!
So my question is - Is there any easy way to do post install package upgrades/installs or should I just reinstall the OS?
I didn't have these problems with RHEL4 so any help would be appreciated. If I have to reinstall thats OK, I'm just getting nowhere fast at the moment.
Kind regards,
James
ps I tried copying all the RPMS to the server and running createrepo but that didn't help either and of course, simple packages (with no dependents like sendmail-cf worked fine)

Hi,
Well rather then complaining I just went ahead and manually resolved all my dependencies.
To make this convenient I copied all RPM's to the server and issue rpm -ivh enough times till I found all dependencies.
Issues arose when the required rpm wasn't identified by it's rpm filename but a quick search on Google identified the rpm to which the SO belonged.
As an example installing 'squirrelmail' took about 15 rpm runs until successful. Whilst this doesn't compare well with 1 yum run :-) it really didn't take very long.
Kind Regards,
James

Redownload and reinstall all installed packages

I need to redownload and reinstall all installed packages, because I made some tests with prelink and something goes wrong. I found an article in wiki that covers download of installed packages, but howto reinstall them all?
The problem is that some apps are acting weird. I also have problem with compiling of AUR packages, because I get this error message:
checking how to recognise dependent libraries... pass_all
checking how to run the C preprocessor... /lib/cpp
configure: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
See `config.log' for more details.
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
The gcc package is installed. Any sugestions?
Last edited by macros78 (2007-09-09 12:19:21)

I think this should do it...
pacman -Q | grep -v pacman | cut -d' ' -f1 > packages.txt
pacman -Sy `cat packages.txt` --noconfirm

How do I update/install packages from a CD?

Hello,
I am new to Arch Linux. Kindly excuse me if this task is very trivial. I have installed the base system and updated it using pacman -Syu. I also installed all the other software packages using pacman -S <packagename>. Now I want to burn a CD containing all these updates and packages so that I can make a similar installation later on other systems which are not connected to the internet. I am not able to figure out how this can be done.
I need to upgrade the system and install all the packages I have on the CD by giving minimum number of commands at the command line. This helps me install Arch Linux on a large number of machines in a very short time.
Thanks for your help.

If you're talking about batch installing packages, the method you suggested
will work for every package in the current directory.

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