On Thu, 2023-02-02 at 09:08 +0000, Polarian wrote: > It seems Arch has conflicting issues, if they split the packages they go > against their simplicity, but if they keep the packages together, they > go against the configurability of the distribution. Hi, I didn't read the complete thread, hence I might miss something. What is wrong with using NoExtract of /etc/pacman.conf , if you don't want to install the complete content of a package? Regards, Ralf