xbps VS dotfiles

I wrote the ignorepkg feature for xbps, specifically for cases like this. https://github.com/void-linux/xbps/pull/62

xbps-remove -O: this deletes outdated packages from the cache, the confusion probably comes from that it does not remove packages that are not installed anymore. I have an open PR for xbps to implement cleaning packages that are not installed anymore uptodate. https://github.com/void-linux/xbps/pull/530

More info about xbps flags can be found on the respective man pages and on the xbps github

This is knowwn bug of xbps without released fix as for now https://github.com/void-linux/xbps/issues/312.

void-linux/xbps/issues/57 is the issue to follow, but i doubt it will happen soon...

BUGS Probably, but I try to make this not happen. Use it under your own responsibility and enjoy your life. Report bugs at https://github.com/void-linux/xbps/issues

mpv and the xbps package manager both come to mind. I read them casually and found them very easy to grasp.

It’s the default package manager used by Void Linux. It’s praised for being fast and reliable. more info

And here is the commit removing all references to the old name in xbps https://github.com/void-linux/xbps/commit/ba296b8e2c30f151417f0f0daa935653aacd3238

So for context, I'm attempting to port the xbps to another distro that isn't Void Linux using the instructions over at https://github.com/void-linux/xbps.

Or you could probably pretty easily make a dialog based menu for void and make something approaching an architect ncurses tui menu if you like that better. I used dialog in my void post-install in my dotfiles that was the first thing I ran post install, just baked in the dependency install to the first step to get dialog and git installed and it worked like a charm. Still there in the deprecated directory. [Have at it](https://github.com/Thomashighbaugh/dotfiles]

Just write your own BASH script, or Makefile, for this purpose. Seems daunting, but its just entering commands you would put in the prompt into a file. Look through some dotfiles repos doing this here's mine, but I use Void Linux and its a tad broken atm and feel it out, but its the far easier to work with solution which with a dash of testing, is also the most likely to get you back to where you want to be when Linux does the inevitable and gives up at a critical juncture.