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This repository has been archived and migrated to https://codeberg.org/moormaster/pacUnclutter
An interactive console helper to remove unneeded packages in ArchLinux.
$ ./pacUnclutter.sh --help
./pacUnclutter.sh [options] -- [additional arguments for pacman]
Options:
-a | --select-all
Select all packages
-d <packagename> | --deselect <packagename>
Deselect a package (when using --select-all)
-s <packagename> | --select <packagename>
Pre select packages
-o <order-by>| --order <order-by>
Order by either "name" or "size"
-t <type> | --search-package-type <type>
Type of packages to search for.
"unneeded" (default)
search for installed packages that are not needed anymore
"installed"
search for all packages that are currently installed
-u | --uninstall
Uninstall packages without showing a dialog
Example - show superfluous packages ordered by size:
./pacUnclutter.sh -o size
Example - show installed packages ordered by size:
./pacUnclutter.sh -t installed -o size
Example - show superfluous packages and preselect all in the dialog:
./pacUnclutter.sh -a
Example - show superfluous packages and pre-select specific ones:
./pacUnclutter.sh -a -s cmake -s gdb
Example - remove all superfluous packages without asking:
./pacUnclutter.sh -u -a
sudo pacman -S base-devel --needed
makepkg -si
sudo pacman -S --asdeps --needed dialog
To run the unittests shellspec must be installed.
shellspec -f d