[Solved] Removing software

Hello all,
Lately I've been installing some software to test new applications. I deleted the ones I don't want, but ofcourse they've left quite some dependencies on my system, out of which some I don't even need. Coming from an Ubuntu install, I know that in Ubuntu I've got the command
sudo apt-get autoremove
to automatically remove unneeded libs etc. I wonder if Arch Linux has a similar feature? I've tried the man page, but other than
-u, --unneeded
Removes the targets that are not required by any other packages.
This is mostly useful when removing a group without using the -c
option, to avoid breaking any dependencies.
I didn't find anything.
Last edited by Unia (2010-08-17 13:25:02)

Check under the "Remove" the "-c" "-n" and the "-s".
REMOVE OPTIONS
-c, --cascade
Remove all target packages, as well as all packages that depend on one or more target packages. This
operation is recursive, and must be used with care since it can remove many potentially needed
packages.
-k, --dbonly
Removes the database entry only. Leaves all files in place.
-n, --nosave
Instructs pacman to ignore file backup designations. Normally, when a file is removed from the system
the database is checked to see if the file should be renamed with a ".pacsave" extension.
-s, --recursive
Remove each target specified including all of their dependencies, provided that (A) they are not
required by other packages; and (B) they were not explicitly installed by the user. This operation is
recursive and analogous to a backwards --sync operation, and helps keep a clean system without orphans.
If you want to omit condition (B), pass this option twice.
So, pacman -Rcn for "autoremove" equivalnt, and -Rcns for a more thorough removal, which will remove deps that could stay as orphans
Last edited by flamelab (2010-08-17 13:20:57)

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