equo unused

[kevinfish]

what is this function for and (how) can I use it to clean up and/or recover space on my machine?

Many of the results look to be important packages, some I actually DO use all the time, so...

...enquiring minds want to know!

[sabayonino]

I never understand this equo option.

To cleanup yoor system by downloaded packages and entropy cache just run

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# equo cleanup

There is an option in /etc/entropy/client.conf that can cleanup entropy cache ; by default

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[...]# Number of days that should pass before package files
# get removed from cache automatically.
# Note that this feature should be disabled in server-environments where
# storing packages cache is subject to different policies.
# The daemon in charge of this is client-updates-daemon available via
# entropy-client-services package. You may consider cleaning up packages cache
# manually by calling "equo cleanup" either inside a cronjob or by hand.
# Valid parameters: <integer, representing number of days>
# Default parameter if unset: <feature disabled>
# NOTE: values <0 or >365 are not tolerated.
packages-autoprune-days = 60[...]

[kevinfish]

well, I don't care so much about cleaning caches as I do about removing packages that I didn't personally install or aren't a direct dependency of something I did.

[sabayonino]

All packages on a fresh installation are dependency but you can remove

Example :
You don't need for all xf86-video drivers 'cuase you have nvidia VGA

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equo unused -q | grep xf86-video
x11-drivers/xf86-video-amdgpu-18.0.1
x11-drivers/xf86-video-ast-1.1.5
x11-drivers/xf86-video-dummy-0.3.8
x11-drivers/xf86-video-glint-1.2.9
x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.99.917_p20180214-r1
x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.15-r1
x11-drivers/xf86-video-openchrome-0.6.0
x11-drivers/xf86-video-qxl-0.1.5
x11-drivers/xf86-video-r128-6.10.2
x11-drivers/xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.7.9
x11-drivers/xf86-video-vboxvideo-1.0.0

You can remove safetely (be sure to pass --nodeps option)

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equo unused -q | grep xf86-video | xargs equo rm --nodeps

╠  ## [sabayonlinux.org] x11-drivers/xf86-video-amdgpu-18.0.1 [233.0kB]
╠  ## [sabayonlinux.org] x11-drivers/xf86-video-ast-1.1.5 [142.1kB]
╠  ## [sabayonlinux.org] x11-drivers/xf86-video-dummy-0.3.8 [36.0kB]
╠  ## [sabayonlinux.org] x11-drivers/xf86-video-glint-1.2.9 [176.5kB]
╠  ## [sabayonlinux.org] x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.99.917_p20180214-r1 [2.5MB]
╠  ## [sabayonlinux.org] x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.15-r1 [418.0kB]
╠  ## [sabayonlinux.org] x11-drivers/xf86-video-openchrome-0.6.0 [595.9kB]
╠  ## [sabayonlinux.org] x11-drivers/xf86-video-qxl-0.1.5 [288.3kB]
╠  ## [sabayonlinux.org] x11-drivers/xf86-video-r128-6.10.2 [245.9kB]
╠  ## [sabayonlinux.org] x11-drivers/xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.7.9 [171.3kB]
╠  ## [sabayonlinux.org] x11-drivers/xf86-video-vboxvideo-1.0.0 [58.2kB]

Try to install xorg-drivers package and check if these packages will be reinstalled

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# equo i xorg-drivers

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# equo unused -q | grep xf86-video
...nothing to show ...

[Fitzcarraldo]

Haha... sabayonino beat me to it! Anyway...

I wonder if the equo unusedpackages [unused] command looks at the Accessed timestamp of an installed application or library to see when it was used, and, if it has not been used since installation, offers you the option of removing (uninstalling) the associated package.

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fitzcarraldo-pc /home/fitzcarraldo # equo unused --help
usage: equo unusedpackages [-h] [--quiet] [--sortbysize] [--spm-wanted]

show unused packages (pay attention)

optional arguments:
  -h, --help    show this help message and exit
  --quiet, -q   show less details (useful for scripting)
  --sortbysize  sort packages by size
  --spm-wanted  consider packages installed with a Source Package Manager to
                be wanted

For example:

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fitzcarraldo-pc /home/fitzcarraldo # equo unused
╠  @@ Running unused packages test...
╠ # [3.2MB] app-admin/sudo-1.8.23
╠ # [408.3kB] app-crypt/sbsigntools-0.6-r1
╠ # [1.3MB] dev-cpp/yaml-cpp-0.6.2
╠ # [172.2MB] dev-db/mariadb-10.3.7
╠ # [1.1MB] dev-db/mariadb-connector-c-3.0.4
╠ # [1.8MB] dev-db/unixODBC-2.3.6
╠ # [7.8MB] dev-games/irrlicht-1.8.4
╠ # [390.5kB] dev-lang/jimtcl-0.76
╠ # [528.1kB] dev-libs/cloog-0.18.4
╠ # [171.3kB] dev-libs/jansson-2.11
╠ # [2.3MB] dev-libs/libevent-2.1.8
╠ # [1.3MB] dev-libs/libx86emu-1.1
╠ # [48.4kB] dev-perl/TermReadKey-2.370.0
╠ # [1.2kB] dev-python/namespace-google-1
╠ # [13.0MB] dev-python/protobuf-python-3.5.2-r1
╠ # [1.0MB] dev-qt/qtpositioning-5.11.1
╠ # [258.4kB] dev-qt/qtwebchannel-5.11.1
╠ # [179.0MB] dev-qt/qtwebengine-5.11.1
╠ # [497.6kB] dev-util/dialog-1.3.20171209
╠ # [20.7MB] games-action/minetest-0.4.17
╠ # [1.4MB] media-libs/libmp4v2-2.0.0
╠ # [45.2kB] media-libs/libtxc_dxtn-1.0.1-r3
╠ # [357.2kB] net-libs/libnet-1.2_rc3-r1
╠ # [851.9kB] net-libs/libpcap-1.8.1
╠ # [448.6kB] net-libs/libsrtp-1.6.0
╠ # [705.7kB] net-libs/libupnp-1.6.21
╠ # [1.3MB] net-misc/networkmanager-openvpn-1.8.2
╠ # [4.8MB] net-misc/ntp-4.2.8_p11
╠ # [1.1MB] net-vpn/openvpn-2.4.6
╠ # [97.4kB] sys-apps/dmapi-2.2.12-r1
╠ # [220.4kB] sys-apps/hdparm-9.56
╠ # [3.2MB] sys-apps/hwinfo-21.23
╠ # [9.0kB] sys-apps/keyboard-configuration-helpers-2.6-r3
╠ # [209.2kB] sys-apps/usb_modeswitch-2.5.2
╠ # [321.9kB] sys-apps/usbutils-010
╠ # [266.0kB] sys-auth/nss-mdns-0.13
╠ # [80.7kB] sys-boot/efibootmgr-0.12
╠ # [58.7MB] sys-boot/grub-2.02_beta3-r1
╠ # [67.4kB] sys-boot/os-prober-1.71
╠ # [137.9MB] sys-devel/clang-4.0.1
╠ # [0.0b] sys-devel/clang-runtime-4.0.1
╠ # [0.0b] sys-devel/clang-runtime-5.0.1
╠ # [217.6kB] sys-fs/dosfstools-4.1
╠ # [1.6MB] sys-fs/jfsutils-1.1.15
╠ # [2.1MB] sys-fs/ntfs3g-2017.3.23-r1
╠ # [358.7kB] sys-fs/squashfs-tools-4.3-r2
╠ # [904.1kB] sys-fs/xfsdump-3.1.8
╠ # [7.2MB] sys-fs/zfs-0.7.8
╠ # [353.9kB] sys-libs/compiler-rt-4.0.1
╠ # [356.6kB] sys-libs/compiler-rt-5.0.1
╠ # [151.9MB] sys-libs/compiler-rt-sanitizers-4.0.1
╠ # [116.3MB] sys-libs/compiler-rt-sanitizers-5.0.1
╠ # [231.5kB] sys-libs/efivar-0.21
╠ # [150.5kB] sys-power/acpid-2.0.29-r1
╠ # [4.9kB] sys-process/cronbase-0.3.7-r6
╠ # [133.8kB] sys-process/cronie-1.5.1-r1
╠ # [450.7kB] sys-process/psmisc-23.1-r1
╠ # [0.0b] virtual/cron-0-r1
╠ # [0.0b] virtual/mysql-5.6-r12
╠ # [184.8MB] www-client/google-chrome-67.0.3396.99
╠ # [29.9kB] x11-apps/sessreg-1.1.1
╠ # [40.2kB] x11-apps/xconsole-1.0.7
╠ # [393.3kB] x11-apps/xdm-1.1.11-r3
╠ # [27.9kB] x11-apps/xrefresh-1.0.6
╠ # [377.1MB] x11-drivers/nvidia-userspace-396.24
╠ # [80.8kB] x11-drivers/xf86-input-joystick-1.6.3
╠ # [146.7kB] x11-drivers/xf86-input-libinput-0.27.1
╠ # [78.2kB] x11-drivers/xf86-input-mtrack-0.5.0
╠ # [278.9kB] x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics-1.9.1
╠ # [59.2kB] x11-drivers/xf86-input-vmmouse-13.1.0-r1
╠ # [429.2kB] x11-drivers/xf86-input-wacom-0.36.0-r2
╠ # [233.0kB] x11-drivers/xf86-video-amdgpu-18.0.1
╠ # [142.1kB] x11-drivers/xf86-video-ast-1.1.5
╠ # [36.0kB] x11-drivers/xf86-video-dummy-0.3.8
╠ # [176.5kB] x11-drivers/xf86-video-glint-1.2.9
╠ # [2.5MB] x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.99.917_p20180214-r1
╠ # [418.0kB] x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.15-r1
╠ # [244.5kB] x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv-2.1.21
╠ # [595.9kB] x11-drivers/xf86-video-openchrome-0.6.0
╠ # [288.3kB] x11-drivers/xf86-video-qxl-0.1.5
╠ # [245.9kB] x11-drivers/xf86-video-r128-6.10.2
╠ # [171.3kB] x11-drivers/xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.7.9
╠ # [97.1kB] x11-drivers/xf86-video-tdfx-1.4.7
╠ # [58.2kB] x11-drivers/xf86-video-vboxvideo-1.0.0
╠ # [261.0kB] x11-drivers/xf86-video-vmware-13.3.0
╠ # [45.8kB] x11-drivers/xf86-video-voodoo-1.2.5
╠ # [811.6kB] x11-libs/libXaw3d-1.6.2
╠ # [27.2kB] x11-libs/libXxf86misc-1.0.3-r2
╠ # [322.1kB] x11-misc/xvkbd-3.9
╠ # [0.0b] x11-proto/fontsproto-2.1.3-r1
╠ # [0.0b] x11-proto/xf86miscproto-0.9.3-r1
╠ # [253.8kB] x11-wm/twm-1.0.10

From the list returned by equo unused, I can see many installed packages that have indeed not been used to date in this particular installation. For example, the Sabayon Linux Installer installed x11-drivers/xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.7.9 but this machine does not have a Silicon Motion GPU. Therefore I can remove (uninstall) that package:

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fitzcarraldo-pc /home/fitzcarraldo # equo remove x11-drivers/xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.7.9
╠ / Calculating inverse dependencies for x11-drivers/xf86-vide╠  @@ These are the packages that would be removed:
╠  ## [sabayon-weekly] x11-drivers/xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.7.9 [171.3kB]                                                 
╠  @@ Packages that would be removed: 1
╠  @@ Freed disk space: 171.3kB
╠  @@ Total bandwidth wasted: 119.9kB
╠  --- >>>  (1/1) x11-drivers/xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.7.9
╠    ## Removing: x11-drivers/xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.7.9
╠    ## Removing from Entropy: x11-drivers/xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.7.9                                                   
>>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache...
╠    ## Package phase: postremove
╠  @@ All done.
╠  @@ No configuration files to update.

[sabayonino]

I wonder if the equo unusedpackages [unused] command looks at the Accessed timestamp of an installed application or library to see when it was used, and, if it has not been used since installation, offers you the option of removing (uninstalling) the associated package.

I can't understand how "unused" works.

For me , Digikam is in "unused" list but I run Digikam every day but timestamp/access time application/libraries is/are newer

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equo unused | grep digikam
╠ # [164.7MB] media-gfx/digikam-5.9.0

If you run "unused" be sure what you're removing. Run --pretend/--ask and --nodeps options always

[Fitzcarraldo]

How is your Python? Here is the current source-code file /entropy-master/client/solo/commands/unused.py from the Git repository:

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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""

    @author: Fabio Erculiani <[email protected]>
    @author: Slawomir Nizio <[email protected]>
    @contact: [email protected]
    @copyright: Fabio Erculiani, Slawomir Nizio
    @license: GPL-2

    B{Entropy Command Line Client}.

"""
import sys
import argparse

from entropy.i18n import _
from entropy.const import etpConst
from entropy.misc import Lifo
from entropy.output import red, blue, brown, darkgreen

import entropy.tools

from solo.commands.descriptor import SoloCommandDescriptor
from solo.commands.command import SoloCommand, sharedlock


class SoloUnused(SoloCommand):
    """
    Main Solo Unused command.
    """

    NAME = "unusedpackages"
    ALIASES = ["unused"]
    ALLOW_UNPRIVILEGED = True

    INTRODUCTION = """\
Report unused packages that could be removed.
"""
    SEE_ALSO = ""

    def __init__(self, args):
        SoloCommand.__init__(self, args)
        self._quiet = False
        self._sortbysize = False
        self._spm_wanted = False
        self._commands = []

    def man(self):
        """
        Overridden from SoloCommand.
        """
        return self._man()

    def _get_parser(self):
        """
        Overridden from SoloCommand.
        """
        _commands = []
        descriptor = SoloCommandDescriptor.obtain_descriptor(
            SoloUnused.NAME)
        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
            description=descriptor.get_description(),
            formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
            prog="%s %s" % (sys.argv[0], SoloUnused.NAME))

        parser.add_argument("--quiet", "-q", action="store_true",
                            default=self._quiet,
                            help=_("show less details (useful for scripting)"))
        _commands.append("--quiet")
        _commands.append("-q")

        parser.add_argument("--sortbysize", action="store_true",
                            default=self._sortbysize,
                            help=_("sort packages by size"))
        _commands.append("--sortbysize")

        parser.add_argument("--spm-wanted", action="store_true",
                            default=self._spm_wanted,
                            help=_("consider packages installed with" \
                                   " a Source Package Manager to be wanted"))
        _commands.append("--spm-wanted")

        self._commands = _commands
        return parser

    def parse(self):
        """
        Parse command
        """
        parser = self._get_parser()
        try:
            nsargs = parser.parse_args(self._args)
        except IOError as err:
            sys.stderr.write("%s\n" % (err,))
            return parser.print_help, []

        self._quiet = nsargs.quiet
        self._sortbysize = nsargs.sortbysize
        self._spm_wanted = nsargs.spm_wanted

        return self._call_shared, [self._unused]

    def bashcomp(self, last_arg):
        """
        Overridden from SoloCommand.
        """
        import sys

        self._get_parser()
        return self._bashcomp(sys.stdout, last_arg, self._commands)

    def _filter_user_packages(self, inst_repo, pkg_ids):
        """
        For a given repository and package IDs, return only
        the IDs of packages that are marked as being installed
        by user, and optionally also packages installed using
        SPM.
        """
        def _filter_user(pkg_id):
            source = inst_repo.getInstalledPackageSource(pkg_id)
            return source == etpConst['install_sources']['user']

        def _filter_user_or_by_SPM(pkg_id):
            if _filter_user(pkg_id):
                return True

            repo = inst_repo.getInstalledPackageRepository(x)
            if repo is None:
                # sensible default
                return False
            else:
                return repo == etpConst['spmdbid']

        if self._spm_wanted:
            filter_func = _filter_user_or_by_SPM
        else:
            filter_func = _filter_user

        return frozenset([x for x in pkg_ids if filter_func(x)])

    def _get_flat_deps(self, ids_to_check, get_deps_func):
        """
        Return a set (frozenset) of package IDs that are dependencies
        of provided packages, recursively.
        """
        stack = Lifo()

        result_deps = set()

        for pkg_id in ids_to_check:
            stack.push(pkg_id)

        while stack.is_filled():
            pkg_id = stack.pop()
            if pkg_id in result_deps:
                continue

            result_deps.add(pkg_id)

            for dep_id in get_deps_func(pkg_id):
                if dep_id not in result_deps:
                    stack.push(dep_id)

        return frozenset(result_deps)

    def _get_dep_ids(self, inst_repo):
        """
        Return a function that returns dependencies (frozenset of package IDs)
        of a given package.
        """
        def _get(pkg_id):
            dep_ids = []
            deps = inst_repo.retrieveDependencies(pkg_id)

            for dep in deps:
                package_id, pkg_rc = inst_repo.atomMatch(dep)
                if pkg_rc == 0:
                    dep_ids.append(package_id)

            return frozenset(dep_ids)

        return _get

    @sharedlock
    def _unused(self, entropy_client, inst_repo):
        """
        Command implementation.
        """
        if not self._quiet:
            entropy_client.output(
                "%s..." % (
                    blue(_("Running unused packages test")),),
                header=red(" @@ "))

        all_ids = inst_repo.listAllPackageIds()
        user_packages = self._filter_user_packages(inst_repo, all_ids)
        wanted_ids = self._get_flat_deps(user_packages,
                                         self._get_dep_ids(inst_repo))
        not_needed = all_ids - wanted_ids

        def _sort_key(x):
            sort_index = 1 if self._sortbysize else 0
            return x[sort_index]

        not_needed_pkgs_data = sorted(
            [(inst_repo.retrieveAtom(x), inst_repo.retrieveOnDiskSize(x))
             for x in not_needed],
            key=_sort_key)

        if self._quiet:
            entropy_client.output(
                '\n'.join([x[0] for x in not_needed_pkgs_data]),
                level="generic")
        else:
            for atom, disk_size in not_needed_pkgs_data:
                disk_size = entropy.tools.bytes_into_human(disk_size)
                entropy_client.output(
                    "# %s%s%s %s" % (
                        blue("["), brown(disk_size),
                        blue("]"), darkgreen(atom),))

SoloCommandDescriptor.register(
    SoloCommandDescriptor(
        SoloUnused,
        SoloUnused.NAME,
        _("show unused packages (pay attention)"))
    )

[joost]

If I recall correctly it only checks for atoms with no reverse dependencies. So really pay attention what you remove from the list that it produces. It might actually be something you need.

[Fitzcarraldo]

If I recall correctly it only checks for atoms with no reverse dependencies. So really pay attention what you remove from the list that it produces. It might actually be something you need.

In that case I think 'unusedpackages [unused]' is not a particularly good name for the option. Something along the lines of 'norevdeps' would perhaps have made its purpose more obvious. I think that typing 'equo norevdeps' would probably be more likely to be understood by some users than typing 'equo unused'.

[willianholtz]

Sorry for waking the deceased, but I did not find any resolution of the subject and I decided to create the command myself and compare it with whoever is looking.


I was installing some applications, and realized that when uninstalling, many packages were in the system, that is, dependencies that I did not use anymore. Files that were not used by the system. Then I made the following command to remove packages that were no longer used:

equo rm $(equo unused -q) --nodeps -a


It removes a list created by the variable inside the parentheses, of course you can see what will be uninstalled because the -a command is explicit