On 02/26/2010 08:41 AM, Laurie Clark-Michalek wrote:
Is there a way to de-install everything that's NOT in base? I looked around
for this, and will I could certainly create a command line chain for it
something like "pacman -R --all !base" would be nice
-- Chris
pacman -R $(pacman -Qq | grep -v "$(pacman -Qqg base)")
Though I havn't tested that, it should work :)
I was pondering that one last night before bed. Good thing I gave up.
:P . I did test it, except for replacing the pacman -R bit with echo
$(... and it works.
Added to the wiki:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman_Tips#Removing_everything_but_base_group