#Repairing pacman/kde/arch linux

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viral stag
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I was trying to do pacman -Syu, I then proceeded to delete some packages that were causing conflicts.

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I have the command with what I deleted in the photo. Konsole still works.

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Otherwise I think I screwed up and deleted Dolphin, firefox, and a lot of other things from my kde desktop environment by mistake.
How should I go about repairing arch linux/pacman/kde?

vestal copper
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@viral stag don't do that

vestal copper
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then tell us the real problem

viral stag
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The packages that I went to delete in that command in the photo were conflicting or something. Because it didn’t recongnize/trust the keys from some people

vestal copper
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then pacman -S archlinux-keyring

viral stag
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Otherwise I just ran pacman -S dolphin firefox kde-applications and it seems like the icons are back and et cetera

vestal copper
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remove kde-applications

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pacman -Rns plasma

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pacman -S plasma-desktop

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pacman -S terminal

viral stag
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I’m guessing that is the proper way to reinstall?

vestal copper
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@viral stag no, this is to remove kde programs you don't need

viral stag
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will my kde preferences be saved, or would I need to reconfigure things

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What is the best way to deal with these conflicts?

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vestal copper
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pacman -Rns plasma-meta

viral stag
vestal copper
viral stag
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well thank you for helping me through my troubles

vestal copper
viral stag
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I think it was able to achieve my goal of repairing kde and reinstalling everything

vestal copper
viral stag
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yeah everything was removed, so it is only the minimum packages now

vestal copper
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pacman -Q |grep plasma

viral stag
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then it is just reinstalling dolphin, firefox, etc

vestal copper
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pacman -Q |grep kde

viral stag
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I also have to reinstall discover

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vestal copper
viral stag
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It seems to remove a lot of things, is this desirable?

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vestal copper
viral stag
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gotcha

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It appears like it will install plasma activities again

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even if I select ttf-joypixels instead

vestal copper
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then sudo pacman -Qttdq | sudo pacman -Rns -

viral stag
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I'm guessing plasma-activities is considered bloat?

vestal copper
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then pacma -Qm > aurpackages.txt

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then upload that here please

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then reboot

viral stag
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peazip-qt-bin 9.8.0-1
peazip-qt-bin-debug 9.8.0-1
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I downloaded peazip to have something similar to 7zip on windows. When I was attempting to do pacman -Suy, it was asking if I wanted to replace peazip with extra/7zip

vestal copper
viral stag
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the orphaned packages were argon2-20190702-6 amd libomxil-bellagio-0.9.3-5

viral stag
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restart/shut down in the start menu dont work, so I suppose I will have to use the power button

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alternatively, another issue I have is that I can't properly dual boot. I had a fresh windows 10 installation (with secure boot), but I need to disable secure boot for rEFInd to show up

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would it be best to resetup arch linux to get it added to secure boot?

vestal copper
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why use secureboot?

viral stag
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When I was installing Windows, I must've accidentally had it on (which is the default for laptops iirc)

vestal copper
viral stag
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unless my university needs it when I am writing exams or etc, I don't know of any uses for secureboot

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however when I leave it off, I have to enter the 60 digit recovery key to boot into windows

vestal copper
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... solved

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vestal copper
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