apk-del(8)

💅 apk-del(8) — the apk del glow-up ✨

okay bestie, so this is apk-del from the System Manager's Manual — it's the page that lives at apk-del(8), and it's about yeeting stuff out of your world file. let's get into it 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

apk del — remove constraints from world and commit changes 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

apk del [<options>...] constraints...

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the whole vibe: apk del removes constraints from world (go peek at apk-world(5) if you don't know what world is, iykyk) and then commits changes to disk. literally committing, no take-backs 😭

it usually involves removing unneeded packages — that's the main character energy of it — but ngl it may also cause other changes to the installed packages. so like, don't assume it's only doing the one thing 🙈

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

apk del supports the commit options described in apk(8) (yes, the whole commit-options situation — go read that page for the details, fr fr), plus this one:

• --rdepends, -r — recursively delete all top-level reverse dependencies, too. like, all of them. top-level reverse dependency girlies, you're coming with us 💀

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⚠️ reminder from your girl: that --rdepends/-r is recursive, so it's gonna go grab the top-level reverse dependencies too. read the flag before you commit, bestie 💖

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🌸 that's the page, periodt 🌸 — from the System Manager's Manual, version/date stamp 2026-11-02, filed under apk-del(8). slay, go delete responsibly 👑