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pacman --remove — Remove packages from the system. See also: `pacman`. More information: <https://manned.org/pacman.8>

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Problem

How to use the pacman --remove command: Remove packages from the system. See also: pacman. More information: <https://manned.org/pacman.8>.

Solution

pacman --remove — Remove packages from the system. See also: pacman. More information: <https://manned.org/pacman.8>.

[R]emove a package and its dependencies recur[s]ively:

sudo pacman -Rs {{package}}

[R]emove a package and its dependencies. Also do [n]ot save backups of configuration files:

sudo pacman -Rsn {{package}}

[R]emove a package without prompting:

sudo pacman -R --noconfirm {{package}}

[R]emove orphan packages (installed as [d]ependencies but no[t] required by any package):

sudo pacman -Rsn $(pacman -Qdtq)

[R]emove a package and [c]ascade that to all packages that depend on it:

sudo pacman -Rc {{package}}

List and [p]rint packages that would be affected (does not [R]emove any packages):

pacman -Rp {{package}}

Display [h]elp:

pacman -Rh

Code Snippets

[R]emove a package and its dependencies recur[s]ively

sudo pacman -Rs {{package}}

[R]emove a package and its dependencies. Also do [n]ot save backups of configuration files

sudo pacman -Rsn {{package}}

[R]emove a package without prompting

sudo pacman -R --noconfirm {{package}}

[R]emove orphan packages (installed as [d]ependencies but no[t] required by any package)

sudo pacman -Rsn $(pacman -Qdtq)

[R]emove a package and [c]ascade that to all packages that depend on it

sudo pacman -Rc {{package}}

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