Remove openSUSE Pattern

I wanted to remove XFCE since I wasn't using it. Simply removing "xfce" at the command line only removed SuSE's "pattern" package: a placeholder that pulls in dependencies. Use --clean-deps to remove all the packages associated with a pattern.

sudo zypper remove --clean-deps --type pattern xfce

Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...

The following 159 packages are going to be REMOVED:
  blueman cups-pk-helper evince evince-plugin-pdfdocument file-roller galculator
  ...

The following pattern is going to be REMOVED:
  xfce

159 packages to remove.
After the operation, 60.7 MiB will be freed.
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References

man zypper | openSuSE Wiki

Created: Thursday, February 1, 2024

Updated: Thursday, February 1, 2024