How to autoremove unnecessary drivers and unused applicatns?

[chdslv]

How to autoremove unnecessary drivers?
Also How to autoremove unnecessary dependencies and clean the system?
How to autoremove unused applications and dependencies

[raman]

I don't think so, that is a method to autoremove what you want. I know that exists some scripts to do something like this, but I can't point it now where I saw. I don't recommend this scripts without a knowledge, what you are doing.
You must know what are you using and remove this programs, what you are not. The programs are removed with depediences.

So if you like use to listen music by Amarok, simple remove another programs by equo, or sulfur. Depediences will be removed automatically.

[chdslv]

My laptop has Nvidia, so I don't need Ati-userspace, so I would like to remove that, as every time I want to upgrade, it tries to upgrade ati-userspace too, which is more than 20 MB.
I have mistakenly clicked yes to installing many languages, and I don't want upgrade of these. I'd like to remove them too. I have installed localepurge, which gave back lot of space. Only, I don't know whether those languages are also removed.

I know the normal remove process using equo/sulphur. Before upgrading, I carefully removed all unnecessary games etc, but I can't get rid of ati-userspace.

Thanks, anyway!

[batvink]

hi there,

i don't have ati-userspace installed, 'cause i have NVidia also, but as far as i can see ''x11-drivers/ati-userspace-11.8'' does not pull dependencies.

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sabayon aposteeltje # equo install ati-userspace --pretend
>>  @@ Dit zijn de gekozen pakketten:
>>    # (1/1) [sabayonlinux.org] x11-drivers/ati-userspace-11.8
>>     Versies: niet geinstalleerd / NoTag / NoRev ===> 11.8 / NoTag / 0
>>      Actie:           Installeer
>>  @@ Pakketten die betrokken zijn: 1
>>  @@ Berekenen van afhankelijkheden ...
>>  @@ Dit zijn de pakketten die zouden worden geinstalleerd:
>>  ## [N] [sabayonlinux.org] x11-drivers/ati-userspace-11.8|0
>>  @@ Pakketten die moeten worden geinstalleerd/geupdate/gedowngrade: 1
>>  @@ Pakketten die moeten worden verwijderd: 0
>>  @@ Pakketten die moeten worden geinstalleerd: 1
>>  @@ Pakketten die moeten worden geherinstalleerd: 0
>>  @@ Pakketten die moeten worden geupdate: 0
>>  @@ Pakketten die moeten worden gedowngrade: 0
>>  @@ Download grootte: 33.0MB
>>  @@ Gebruikte schijf ruimte: 116.2MB
>>  @@ Je hebt minimaal nodig: 182.1MB aan vrije ruimte
sabayon aposteeltje #

So i think it should be safe to remove that package.
just open your terminal, and as root type:

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equo remove ati-userspace --pretend

this way, nothing happens, but entropy shows you only what would happened, if you actually remove that package.
If no dependencies are pulled, (other packages), you can safely run the command again, without the ''--pretend'' option.

If there are dependencies, you can still remove the package if you want, but instead, use the ''--nodeps'' option:

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equo remove ati-userspace --nodeps

so entropy only removes ati-userspace and not it's dependencies.

But how come that you have ati installed, if your laptop has NVidia ?
Did you manually installed it?

[genfool]

good advice above, always use --pretend first to see what will be removed. Then try it with --nodeps
If you are unsure, try the commands as user, will only run as pretend.

entropy is very good with handling deps.It will give them to you, and take them just as well.
You can equo remove ati-drivers and looks pretty safe, since it is a dep of xorg-server. When you get a xorg-server update ... they will be pulled back in. I would guess if you ran a equo deptest && equo libtest , would see them missing and pull them in. This is a feature of a binary distro, needs to work for everyone, not just nvidia users.
Is only a little disk space, not worth the trouble to remove.

I once *cough* twice removed grub. It will take all your kernel and kernel modules with it. while equo remove grub --nodeps is safe and only removes grub.
A harmless package like cups on my system, will remove 519 inverse deps.... leaving me with a re-install.

ALWAYS ... use pretend first to see what it will do.

imho, a better way might be to install corecdx and build a small lightweight system, then to take a full system and make it lightweight.

[chdslv]

I think we should have the ability to remove any application. It simply won't remove ati-userspace, and it would download upgrade to it.

Then again, we have another problem - it doesn't see eth0. Ifconfig shows only lo and wlan0.

Maybe I'd try corecdx, but will it see eth0?

[batvink]

chdslv,
You can not just simply remove any application, without consequences. you must know what you're doing., because of the many dependencies some apps have.
for example: if 'dev-lang/spidermonkey' is installed, and you would "just simply" remove it,
it also would remove avant-window-navigator-extras, vlc, xulrunner
and gnome-shell.. without a warning!!!....
before you know, you end up with a broken system, or programs that doesn't work anymore.

[batvink]

what Desktop Environment are you using, (KDE, Gnome, LXDE, ....)
and (as root) can you show me the output of "rc-update show" and paste it here?

[albfneto]

a problem to remove aplications and unnecessary drivers in Gentoo based Linux Distros is the occurrencie of cross dependencies.
ex. Compiz runs without sexy-python, but if you install sexy-python, Compiz runs better.
Now, in a moment, you want to remove sexy-python. Now, Compiz will removed together, it turned dependence.
another example. you have a KDE Sabayon or Gentoo. you install XFCE.... XFCE "taken" KDE dependencies...
But if the Sabayon or Gentoo installation is GNOME based, XFCE will taken GNOME dependencies.
Is a caractheristic of Gentoo based Linux.
Sometimes, you not use the package directly, bu the system may use it.