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Well, then again, many other package managers don't either. For instance XBPS and Pacman. EDIT: I'm wrong, see below.
by wchar_t 6y ago
Well, then again, many other package managers don't either. For instance XBPS and Pacman.
EDIT: I'm wrong, see below.
- natrys 6y agoBut they do? (e.g. xbps-remove -R/--recursive <pkgname>)
- Boulth 6y agoPacman can remove dependencies that are not used: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman/Tips_and_tricks#Removing_unused_packages_(orphans) https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman/Tips_and_tricks#... This is explicit rather than implicit but it works even on one package.
- vinay427 6y agoFrom the ArchWiki: > To remove a package and its dependencies which are not required by any other installed package: > # pacman -Rs package_name > To remove a package, its dependencies and all the packages that depend on the target package: > # pacman -Rsc package_name