Simple terminal user interface to decide which packages to keep and which to get rid of
OTHER License
getrid
of arch packages you don't need anymoreHaving a rolling release distribution if one of the big advantages of Arch compared to other distributions: no outdated software nor being forced to do lengthy and risky upgrades or fresh installs every X months/years. The downside of this is that there are never any "clear cuts" and the amounts of packages once installed but not needed anymore constantly grows.
Removing old packages is annoying, so I wrote getrid
a tool that makes it
easier to find packages that unnecessary fill up your disk. It's a simple
terminal user interface allows you to decide which packages to keep and which
to remove.
Dependencies: python, pacgraph, python-urwid
It list you all packages that can be removed (are not a dependency of other packages), sorted by the disk space that would be freed if removed – this includes dependencies that aren't needed of other packages and where not installed explicit.
Go though the list and decide:
e
t
d
, Space
or Enter
The first list is saved to disk, so you won't have to deal with them the next
time you start getrid. If you want to see the hidden entries press s
.