sboremove(1)

NAME

sboremove - remove packages installed from SlackBuilds

SYNOPSIS

sboremove [-h|-v]

sboremove [-apq] [--no-descriptions] sbo_name (sbo_name)

sboremove [--color|--nocolor] [--wrap|--nowrap] ...

DESCRIPTION

sboremove interactively removes SlackBuilds and any unneeded dependencies. Dependency information is pulled recursively from info files and honors the contents of sbotools.hints(5). sboremove handles neither blacklisted scripts nor scripts installed from non-SBo sources.

If sboremove is called with the --alwaysask flag, all dependencies receive removal prompts, even if they are required by other installed SlackBuilds. The per-script prompts list installed reverse dependencies, if any.

compat32 and normal packages can be requested together at the command line. Call sboremove with the --compat32 flag to specify all command line scripts as compat32 automatically.

In all cases, this script prompts the user package-by-package in reverse build order before performing any removal operations. No option exists to enable sboremove to uninstall packages without confirmation prompts, and there are no plans to add that functionality in the future.

Root privileges are required to run sboremove unless passing --query. If an invalid configuration is detected in /etc/sbotools/sbotools.conf, or if invalid options are specified, the script exits with a diagnostic message.

OPTIONS

-a|--alwaysask
    Always ask to remove dependencies, even if they are required by other packages installed to the system.

--no-descriptions
    Do not show descriptions in query or interactive output.

-p|--compat32
    Interpret all scripts passed to sboremove at the command line as compat32.

-q|--query
    Show the prospective removal prompt order and exit.

-h|--help
    Show help information.

-v|--version
    Show version information.

--color
    Turn on sbotools color output (default). See also sbotools.colors(5).

--nocolor
    Turn off sbotools color output.

--wrap
    Turn on sbotools word wrapping (default).

--nowrap
    Turn off sbotools word wrapping.

EXIT CODES

sboremove can exit with the following codes:
    0: all operations completed successfully.
    1: a usage error occurred, such as running sboremove without a list of packages.
    2: a script or module error occurred.
    13: circular dependencies detected.
    16: reading keyboard input failed.

BUGS

None known. If found, Issues and Pull Requests to https://github.com/pghvlaans/sbotools/ are always welcome.

SEE ALSO

sbocheck(1), sboclean(1), sboconfig(1), sbocutleaves(1), sbofind(1), sbohints(1), sboinstall(1), sbotool(1), sboupgrade(1), sbotools.colors(5), sbotools.conf(5), sbotools.hints(5)

AUTHORS

Luke Williams <xocel@iquidus.org>

Jacob Pipkin <jacob.pipkin@icloud.com>

Andreas Guldstrand <andreas.guldstrand@gmail.com>

MAINTAINER

K. Eugene Carlson <kvngncrlsn@gmail.com>