abarbarian Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I just updated Arch and this appeared at the end of the update, ==> Packages no longer required by any installed package: libfetch Do I need to do anything ? Do I uninstall libfetch ? Do I carry on sunbathing and chillin ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Well I always check the dependencies of the file: pacman -Qi libfetch If no dependencies are still needed, then yes, remove it: pacman -Rs libfetch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 Thanks this is the first time I have come accross this so thought it best to check first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Well I always check the dependencies of the file: pacman -Qi libfetch If no dependencies are still needed, then yes, remove it: pacman -Rs libfetch That's what I do. Never had any problems from it, all my Linux problems are self-inflicted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 That's what I do. Never had any problems from it, all my Linux problems are self-inflicted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Personally I don't bother removing packages listed as not needed, as the space gained is usually inconsequential. Debian has the deborphan package to find these, but it's highly recommended to research each removal as it can be hazardous to remove them willy-nilly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigggl Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 (edited) In Gentoo, the following command removes unused packages. emerge --depclean I've learned to put as few things in the world file as possible and let portage choose what I need and don't need. Portage pulls the dependencies in and when they're not needed anymore, depclean automatically removes them. The world file contains a list of packages that you have specifically installed, but not the dependencies. For instance, I emerge (install) gnome and the xorg server is pulled in as a dependency. Gnome would then be in the world file, but the xorg server would not. Packages in the world file are not removed by depclean unless specified with the depclean command. Depclean won't remove anything that is a dependency. Edited March 30, 2012 by trigggl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Slackware is too cool to care about silly stuff like this. So what if there's a bit of dust and detritus under the bed. Who's gonna' bend down there to look? Those other distros are just too obsessive-compulsive. It's a hand-washing thing, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigggl Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Slackware is too cool to care about silly stuff like this. So what if there's a bit of dust and detritus under the bed. Who's gonna' bend down there to look? Those other distros are just too obsessive-compulsive. It's a hand-washing thing, I think. I think I had Slackware once, but it wasn't in the world file. Gentoo must have uninstalled it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I think I had Slackware once, but it wasn't in the world file. Gentoo must have uninstalled it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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