Which version? And are you talking about a hard dependency or a recommendation / something optional? Here: pacman -Si systemd Repository : core Name

Which version? And are you talking about a hard dependency or a recommendation / something optional? Here: pacman -Si systemd Repository : core Name : systemd Version : 195-2 URL : http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd Licenses : GPL2 LGPL2.1 MIT Groups : None Provides : libsystemd=195 systemd-tools=195 udev=195 Depends On : acl bash dbus-core glib2 kbd kmod hwids libcap libgcrypt pam util-linux xz Optional Deps : initscripts: legacy support for /etc/rc.conf python: systemd library bindings python2-cairo: systemd-analyze python2-dbus: systemd-analyze systemd-sysvcompat: symlink package to provide sysvinit binaries cryptsetup: required for encrypted block devices quota-tools: kernel-level quota management