Install history, crucial in finding leftovers
Edit: also look for npm/make/gcc, apparently some apps just add those as install requires, that’s 0.5GB right there, still rootfs should get increases if 1.5 is new normal now for updates
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Is there an equivalent to pacman -Qdt (list orphaned packages) for pkcon and/or zypper? Maybe that could go into the guide, too. And how to remove them savely.
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Short answer: no.
There exist three switches to zypper packages which are supposed do do orphan cleaning, but none of them work as one might expect or are safe to be recommended.
Therefore I shall not mention them here. Search and you will find.
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Um, why? Because it doesn’t handle dependencies? Or something deeper?
Nice write-up btw, thanks a lot!
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Basically zero safeguards.
Also, if some guide (and nowadays AI output) mentions it, it’s a good indicator that it (the guide) is wrong.
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What kind of safeguards?
With the new update finally out, i expect more people will be using this excellent guide (for which thank you!).
I’d just like to add a word of warning here for OKBoard users, that there are reports (1,2) that removing it may leave you without a keyboard, and this was my experience too. I haven’t had the time to try this on another device to get logs and give feedback to the author, but beware!
As it happens, OKBoard doesn’t actually use up too much disk space, so I would keep it installed, but if you do get stuck, a bluetooth/usb keyboard can help as would changing your Security Code to a numeric one if yours is alphanumeric.
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@nephros Thanks for this guide. Never thought about using ncdu on my device. I do struggle to find room to increase my free space. Only thing I find to be deletable is “mimic”, this seems a dependency for Chum.