manually uninstalling package [solved]

while true · Last edited by while true on Wed May 23, 2018 12:04 pm; edited 1 time in total

noob here, chasing it's tale:

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 9:02 am Post subject:

while true,

Don't remove anything yet.

while true · Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 9:21 am Post subject:

Hello Neddy,

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while true · Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 9:39 am Post subject:

NeddySeagoon · >=net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.4.11-r200

while true,

Your world file as at /var/lib/portage/world. Its a text file. Its safe to look but if you feel the need to edit it, use the commands provided by emerge.
You get to keep the pieces of your system if you mess it up.

while true · Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 10:15 am Post subject:

Hello Neddy,

lines

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 10:25 am Post subject:

while true,

Please post your world file. It sounds like its become polluted.
For some reason

while true · Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 10:36 am Post subject:

oi Neddy, sorry, here it is:

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 11:16 am Post subject:

while true,

while true · Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 8:42 pm Post subject:

Hello Neddy, sorry for delayed response,

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 9:01 pm Post subject:

while true,

You can use ${EDITOR} on you world file.
Do make a backup before you start as making a mess with nano is not recoverable.

You might like to read cleaning the world file (wiki) - check the script

Like I say, keep a backup of world before you change it.
There is something similar on the wiki but I can't find a link.
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while true · Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 12:03 pm Post subject:

Funny little script, so I ran it,
and after a while in /tmp/ I got
a file with list of packages
that I removed from world file.
After that nothing to emerge -uDNa @world,
but depclean removed 64 packages and
at the end suggested emerge @preserved-rebuild
since there were some existing preserved libs,
which reinstalled aterm.

At this point I found out that depclean removed vim,
which is my system editor, so i quickly emerged vim back,
and it added itself to world file, which serves my $EDITOR nicely.

I ran my new little script again.
This time only vim showed up,
but now I know better than to remove it.

Neddy, thank you again for your time and most valuable input.
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 5:37 pm Post subject:

while true,

That's what world pollution does to your system. It keeps junk around that you don't need.
Worse, the junk is maintained too, so you update it as it changes.
Then one day, some of the ebuilds for the junk are removed ... which brings us back to your original post.

vim was removed because things that need an editor depend on virtual/editor. It says