[arch-general] ibus

[Marcel Röthke]

Am 05.12.2014 um 14:15 schrieb Ralf Mardorf:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm surprised why ibus is installed on my machine.
> 
> Is ibus needed for anything on my machine?
> The package claims that it was "Installed as a dependency for another
> package", but no package seems to need it.
> 
> $ pacman -Qi ibus
> Name           : ibus
> Version        : 1.5.9-4
> Required By    : None
> Optional For   : None
> Conflicts With : None
> Replaces       : None
> Install Reason : Installed as a dependency for another package
> $ pactree -r ibus
> ibus
> 
> I replaced two packages with dummy packages, non of the
> "original" packages does need ibus.
> 
> $ pacman -Si pulseaudio gvfs | grep ibus
> 
> Has got ibus any effect, when no other package requires it?
> 
> Regards,
> Ralf
> 

ibus is an now unneeded dependency on your system.
It's still there because pacman does not remove them automatically.

You can remove all unneeded dependencies with the following command.
"pacman -Qdtq | pacman -Rs -"