u/redj12

Do I need these packages ?

Hello,

I am running Void on Lenovo x270 laptop without any nvidia, amd or broadcom components. But during the update I can see these packages. So I tought I can just remove them but seems I can not beacause of some dependencies.

Any way to remove them ? I mean, I would probably not die if I just keep them on the system...

Thank you for your help.

[medo@localhost ~]$ sudo xbps-install -Su
[*] Updating repository \https://repo-default.voidlinux.org/current/x86_64-repodata' ...`

Name                    Action    Version           New version            Download size
cairomm                 update    1.14.5_1          1.14.6_1               47KB  
chromium                update    149.0.7827.53_1   150.0.7871.46_1        132MB  
fastfetch               update    2.64.2_1          2.65.2_1               694KB  
firefox                 update    152.0.2_1         152.0.4_1              87MB  
iceauth                 update    1.0.9_1           1.0.11_1               17KB  
libarchive              update    3.8.7_1           3.8.8_1                369KB  
libass                  update    0.17.4_1          0.17.5_1               118KB  
libevent                update    2.1.12_3          2.1.13_1               210KB  
libfontenc              update    1.1.8_1           1.1.9_1                14KB  
libgsm                  update    1.0.22_2          1.0.24_1               37KB  
libnvme                 update    1.16.1_1          1.16.2_1               94KB  
linux-firmware-amd      update    20260410_1        20260622_1             30MB  
linux-firmware-broadcom update    20260410_1        20260622_1             12MB  
linux-firmware-intel    update    20260410_1        20260622_1             13MB  
linux-firmware-network  update    20260410_1        20260622_1             433MB  
linux-firmware-nvidia   update    20260410_1        20260622_1             105MB  
noto-fonts-ttf          update    2026.06.01_1      2026.07.01_1           17MB  
ocl-icd                 update    2.3.2_2           2.3.5_1                105KB  
rtkit                   update    0.13_3            0.14_1                 34KB  
tesseract-ocr           update    5.5.0_3           5.5.2_1                6592KB  

Size to download:              838MB
Size required on disk:        1331MB
Space available on disk:        28GB

Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
Aborting!
[medo@localhost ~]$  
[medo@localhost ~]$  
[medo@localhost ~]$  
[medo@localhost ~]$  
[medo@localhost ~]$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 08)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Skylake-U GT2 [HD Graphics 520] (rev 07)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 21)
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem (rev 21)
00:15.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #0 (rev 21)
00:15.1 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #1 (rev 21)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI #1 (rev 21)
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 21)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev f1)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #3 (rev f1)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP LPC Controller (rev 21)
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PMC (rev 21)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio (rev 21)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SMBus (rev 21)
00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I219-V (rev 21)
02:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS522A PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 8260 (rev 3a)
04:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller SM961/PM961/SM963
[medo@localhost ~]$  
[medo@localhost ~]$  
[medo@localhost ~]$  
[medo@localhost ~]$  
[medo@localhost ~]$ sudo xbps-remove linux-firmware-nvidia linux-firmware-amd linux-firmware-broadcom
linux-firmware-nvidia-20260410_1 in transaction breaks installed pkg \linux-base-2026.03.23_1'linux-firmware-amd-20260410_1 in transaction breaks installed pkg \linux-base-2026.03.23_1'linux-firmware-broadcom-20260410_1 in transaction breaks installed pkg `linux-firmware-network-20260410_1'ERROR: Transaction aborted due to unresolved dependencies.[medo@localhost ~]$``

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