Am 05.12.2014 um 14:15 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: > Hi, > > I'm surprised why ibus is installed on my machine. > > Is ibus needed for anything on my machine? > The package claims that it was "Installed as a dependency for another > package", but no package seems to need it. > > $ pacman -Qi ibus > Name : ibus > Version : 1.5.9-4 > Required By : None > Optional For : None > Conflicts With : None > Replaces : None > Install Reason : Installed as a dependency for another package > $ pactree -r ibus > ibus > > I replaced two packages with dummy packages, non of the > "original" packages does need ibus. > > $ pacman -Si pulseaudio gvfs | grep ibus > > Has got ibus any effect, when no other package requires it? > > Regards, > Ralf > ibus is an now unneeded dependency on your system. It's still there because pacman does not remove them automatically. You can remove all unneeded dependencies with the following command. "pacman -Qdtq | pacman -Rs -"