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    [–] m4m4m4m4@lemmy.world 66 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

    I love Gentoo precisely because of Portage, but I think the most badass package install/uninstall syntax has to be that of (the defunct?) Sorcerer Linux:

    Sorcerer’s tool terminology is based upon magic words. For example:

    • a tool to download, compile, and install software is called a β€œspell”
    • to install a package is β€œcast”
    • to remove a package is β€œdispel”
    • a set of available spells is called a β€œgrimoire”
    [–] ogeist@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

    I mean alias is a thing and nothing is stopping you...

    I think I will do it in my system.

    [–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 43 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    I have paru -Rns abbreviated to yeet in my fish config. On my non-Arch systems, I also usually abbreviate/alias the equivalent command to yeet.

    [–] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 2 months ago (3 children)
    pacman -Rns $(pacman -Qqdt)
    
    [–] IndieSpren@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)
    [–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)
    [–] swab148@startrek.website 17 points 2 months ago

    I have it alised to orphankiller

    [–] traches@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago
    [–] neclimdul@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

    It's so semantic it almost reads like a sentence!

    And who needs simplicity when you can teach people about advanced shell techniques like command substitution?

    Perfection.

    [–] rrconkle@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
    pacman -Rns $(pacman -Qq)
    
    [–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    Any package manager can have that syntax if you use aliases. I prefer β€œyeet” myself.

    [–] drewbelloc@ani.social 2 points 2 months ago

    Thanks, i am using that now

    [–] y0din@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    does gentoos emerge --rageclean count?

    [--unmerge, -C WARNING: This action can remove important packages! Removes all matching packages following a counter governed by CLEAN_DELAY. This does no checking of dependencies, so it may remove packages necessary for the proper operation of your system. Its arguments can be atoms or ebuilds. For a dependency aware version of --unmerge, use --depclean or --prune. For a version with CLEAN_DELAY=0, use --rage-clean.

    (edit, added context from "man emerge", rageclean mentioned the last sentence)

    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

    Pacman is not a great package manager. It blows up way to easily.

    [–] Samespot@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

    Meanwhile openSUSE...

    [–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    The most badass package syntax: never having to use any because you're on an atomic OS.

    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    You will need to use it at some point. With silverblue it is rpm-ostree and with bootable containers it is dnf in a Dockerfile.

    [–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

    I'm on Aurora. I don't have to use rpm-ostree (bootc in the future). I can use it, but I don't have to. Most of my software needs are covered by flatpak and homebrew. I also don't have to update packages in my distrobox containers. Those are managed for me, too.

    I love tinkering with stuff, but updating packages is nothing more than a chore. I'd rather be doing the fun stuff.

    [–] PixelPilgrim@lemmings.world 0 points 2 months ago

    Does Ubuntu dick or something?

    [–] NateNate60@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    Year 3 of using Fedora and I still don't know what the equivalent of apt purge is

    [–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)
    [–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    There is apt remove but purge will remove more things. So if dnf remove is purge equivalent, what is apt remove equivalent in dnf?

    [–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    I think it removes configs too.

    Try it yourself with nginx or Apache. You likely don't have both installed.

    [–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    So we don't have the ability to remove package without configs in dnf?

    [–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
    [–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    No but its one or the other anyway right? I can't test right now

    [–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    Id assume so. I mean there's a chance it somehow adds files.