pacreport1

Usage

Overview

Generate a report of installed packages including:

unneeded packages installed explicitly

unneeded packages installed as dependencies

unneeded packages in a dependency cycle

installed packages not in a repository

packages missing from specified groups

missing package files

unmerged backup files

unowned files

cache directory sizes

Package sizes include dependencies not needed by other packages.

Packages prefixed by an asterisk ("*") are optional dependencies for another package.

Options

--config=path

Set an alternate pacman configuration file path.

--dbext=extension

Set an alternate sync database extension.

--dbpath=path

Set an alternate database path.

--root=path

Set an alternate installation root.

--sysroot=path

Set an alternate system root. See pacutils-sysroot(7).

--cachedir=path

Set an alternate cache directory path.

--backups

Search for .pac{save,orig,new} files. By default /etc is searched and all known config files are checked; pass twice to search outside /etc.

--group=name

Display any packages in group name that are not currently installed. May be specified multiple times.

--missing-files

Check for missing package files.

--unowned-files

Check for unowned files. See /etc/pacreport.conf under FILES for more information.

--optional-for

Show which packages optionally depend on listed packages.

--optional-deps

Take optional dependencies into account when listing unneeded packages and dependency loops.

--help

Display usage information and exit.

--version

Display version information and exit.

Files

/etc/pacreport.conf

INI-style configuration file listing paths to ignore when run with --unowned-files. Paths which should always be ignored may be specified with "IgnoreUnowned" in the "Options" section. Paths which should only be ignored if a particular package is installed can be listed under the section "PkgIgnoreUnowned" using the package name as the option name and the path to be ignored as the value. All options can be specified multiple times. Paths may include shell-style globs. The installation root should not be included in paths.

 [Options]
 IgnoreUnowned = home/*
 IgnoreUnowned = proc/*
 IgnoreUnowned = mnt/*
 [PkgIgnoreUnowned]
 linux = boot/initramfs-linux.img
 linux = boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img