Analyzing my packages

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+layout: post
+title:  "Analyzing My Packages"
+date:   2020-11-25 22:03:34 -0600
+author: Ta180m
+tags: ["Linux"]
+---
+
+
+Recently, I ran `yay -Ps`, and I was horrified to discover that I have a total of **1614** packages installed, including **193** explicitly installed packages. How did my slim and lean Arch install become so bloated? I thought it would be a good exercise to go through my list of explicity installed packages and figure out why each of them was installed.
+
+
+## Core
+
+### Essentials
+ - `base`
+ - `bash-completion`
+ - `linux`
+ - `linux-firmware`
+ - `linux-headers`
+ - `sudo`
+
+### Arch stuff
+ - `arch-install-scripts`
+ - `archlinux-wallpaper`
+ - `pacgraph`
+ - `reflector`
+ - `yay-bin`
+
+### Boot and dual-boot stuff
+ - `efibootmgr`
+ - `grub`
+ - `intel-ucode`
+ - `ntfs-3g`
+ - `os-prober`
+
+### CLI tools
+ - `bpytop`
+ - `fish`
+ - `fzf`
+ - `htop`
+ - `hyperfine`
+ - `nano`
+ - `neofetch`
+ - `tldr`
+ - `vi`
+ - `vim`
+ - `youtube-dl`
+
+
+## Graphics
+
+### Graphics
+ - `intel-media-driver`
+ - `libva-utils`
+ - `vulkan-intel`
+ - `weston`
+ - `xdotool`
+ - `xf86-video-nouveau`
+ - `xorg-server-xwayland`
+ - `xorg-xbacklight`
+ - `xorg-xhost`
+
+### KDE Plasma
+ - `breeze-grub`
+ - `dolphin-plugins`
+ - `kcm-wacomtablet`
+ - Everything in `kde-applications-meta` minus `kde-accessibility-meta`, `kde-education-meta`, and `kde-games-meta` (`kde-applications-meta` comes with about 70 applications just starting with K, so you need to remove the heavy hitters to reduce bloat)
+ - `plasma-meta`
+ - `plasma-wayland-session`
+ - `packagekit-qt5`
+ - `xdg-user-dirs`
+
+### i3
+ - `dmenu`
+ - `feh`
+ - `i3-wm`
+ - `i3lock`
+ - `i3status`
+
+### Web browsers
+ - `brave-bin`
+ - `browsh-bin`
+ - `chromium`
+ - `firefox`
+ - `links`
+ - `lynx`
+
+### Awesome free and open-source apps
+ - `audacity`
+ - `blender`
+ - `gimp`
+ - `gparted`
+ - `inkscape`
+ - `krita`
+ - `libreoffice-fresh`
+ - `mpv`
+ - `obs-studio`
+ - `vscodium-bin`
+ - `xournalpp`
+
+### Games and emulators
+ - `2048-py`
+ - `dolphin-emu`
+ - Everything in the `libretro` package group.
+ - `supertux`
+ - `supertuxkart`
+ - `yuzu-mainline-bin`
+
+
+## Developer
+
+### Stuff in `base-devel`
+ - `autoconf`
+ - `automake`
+ - `bison`
+ - `fakeroot`
+ - `flex`
+ - `m4`
+ - `make`
+ - `patch`
+ - `pkgconf`
+
+### Git
+ - `git`
+ - `github-cli`
+ - `github-desktop-bin`
+
+### Java
+ - `eclipse-java-bin`
+ - `jdk-openjdk`
+
+### Python
+ - `jupyterlab`
+ - `pypy3`
+ - `python-pip`
+ - `python-poetry`
+ - `python-pylint`
+ - `python-tox`
+ - `python-wheel`
+ - `sagemath`
+ - `sagemath-jupyter`
+ - `tk`
+ - `twine`
+
+### Ruby
+ - `ruby`
+ - `ruby-bundler`
+ - `rubygems`
+
+### zsh
+ - `zsh`
+ - `zsh-autosuggestions`
+ - `zsh-completions`
+ - `zsh-syntax-highlighting`
+ - `powerline`
+ - `powerline-fonts`
+
+
+## Other useful stuff
+
+### Laptop tools
+ - `libinput_gestures_qt`
+ - `onboard`
+
+### Printing
+ - `cups`
+ - `hplip`
+
+### Networking
+ - `bluez-utils`
+ - `bridge-utils`
+ - `dnsmasq`
+ - `ebtables`
+ - `freerdp`
+ - `networkmanager`
+ - `net-tools`
+
+
+## Pretending my computer is running something other than Arch
+
+### Virtualization
+ - `docker`
+ - `edk2-ovmf`
+ - `libguestfs`
+ - `libvirt`
+ - `lxc`
+ - `lxd`
+ - `qemu`
+ - `vagrant`
+ - `virt-manager`
+ - `virtualbox`
+ - `x11docker`
+
+### Wine
+ - `playonlinux`
+ - `wine`
+ - `wine-gecko`
+ - `wine-mono`
+ - `winetricks`
+
+
+## Miscellaneous
+
+### Hacking
+ - `checkra1n-cli`
+ - `fusee-launcher-git`
+ - `ns-usbloader`
+ - `nx-udev`
+
+### Proprietary stuff
+ - `unrar`
+ - `zoom`
+
+### Everything else I couldn't categorize
+ - `cool-retro-term`
+ - `cryfs`
+ - `emacs`
+ - `flatpak`
+ - `groff`
+ - `noto-fonts-emoji`
+ - `obs-v4l2sink`
+ - `pulseaudio-bluetooth`
+ - `usbutils`
+ - `v4l2loopback-dkms`