“pacman –remove” is an option for the pacman package manager in Arch Linux and its derivatives. It is used to remove installed packages from the system.
When used with the name of one or more packages, “pacman –remove” uninstalls those packages and any dependencies that are no longer needed. It is important to note that the packages being removed must not be required by any other installed packages; otherwise, pacman will refuse to remove them.
pacman –remove Command Examples
1. Remove a package and its dependencies:
# sudo pacman --remove --recursive {{package_name}} 2. Remove a package and both its dependencies and configuration files:
# sudo pacman --remove --recursive --nosave {{package_name}} 3. Remove a package without prompting:
# sudo pacman --remove --noconfirm {{package_name}} 4. Remove orphan packages (installed as dependencies but not required by any package):
# sudo pacman --remove --recursive --nosave $(pacman --query --unrequired --deps --quiet)
5. Remove a package and all packages that depend on it:
# sudo pacman --remove --cascade {{package_name}} 6. List packages that would be affected (does not remove any packages):
# pacman --remove --print {{package_name}} 7. Display help for this subcommand:
# pacman --remove --help
Summary
In summary, “pacman –remove” is a useful option for removing packages from the system in Arch Linux and its derivatives. It allows the user to easily and safely remove packages that are no longer needed, freeing up disk space and reducing the number of unnecessary packages on the system.