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title: "pacman/Tips and tricks - ArchWiki"
description: "!https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/pacman/Tips_tricks"
date: 2024-07-06
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  - linux
  - thought
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The arch wiki is always full of good content, and pacman tips and tricks does not disappoint.  Today I discovered this command to remove orphaned dependencies on my system.

``` bash
pacman -Qdtq | pacman -Rns -
```