From a9981a11ada4c1b9ffaef77d65aae98747607580 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Young <david@federated.computer>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 14:45:23 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] add remove packages functionality

---
 coreupdate           |  5 +++++
 install-flatpaks.sh  |  1 -
 remove-packages.conf | 12 ++++++++++++
 utils.sh             | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 4 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 remove-packages.conf

diff --git a/coreupdate b/coreupdate
index b56e6d4..c26efbf 100755
--- a/coreupdate
+++ b/coreupdate
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ sudo pacman -Syu
 cd ~/.local/share/coredesktop
 source utils.sh
 source packages.conf
+source remove-packages.conf
+
+echo "Removing unwanted packages..."
+remove_packages "${REMOVE_PACMAN[@]}"
+remove_flatpaks "${REMOVE_FLATPAKS[@]}"
 
 echo "Checking for new packages..."
 install_packages "${SYSTEM_UTILS[@]}"
diff --git a/install-flatpaks.sh b/install-flatpaks.sh
index 059e389..5f4fd5f 100755
--- a/install-flatpaks.sh
+++ b/install-flatpaks.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ FLATPAKS=(
   "org.audacityteam.Audacity"
   "org.remmina.Remmina"
   "com.getpostman.Postman"
-  "com.jeffser.Alpaca"
   "io.dbeaver.DBeaverCommunity"
   "com.github.iwalton3.jellyfin-media-player"
   "app.zen_browser.zen"
diff --git a/remove-packages.conf b/remove-packages.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d143b8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remove-packages.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Packages to remove on next coreupdate run.
+# Add entries here and they will be uninstalled automatically.
+
+# Pacman / AUR packages to remove (works for both pacman and yay packages)
+REMOVE_PACMAN=(
+    # none at this time
+)
+
+# Flatpak applications to remove
+REMOVE_FLATPAKS=(
+  "com.jeffser.Alpaca"
+)
diff --git a/utils.sh b/utils.sh
index 62c5d07..a3d77fb 100755
--- a/utils.sh
+++ b/utils.sh
@@ -25,4 +25,38 @@ install_packages() {
     echo "Installing: ${to_install[*]}"
     yay -S --noconfirm "${to_install[@]}"
   fi
-} 
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+}
+
+# Function to remove pacman/AUR packages if installed
+remove_packages() {
+  local packages=("$@")
+  local to_remove=()
+
+  for pkg in "${packages[@]}"; do
+    if is_installed "$pkg"; then
+      to_remove+=("$pkg")
+    fi
+  done
+
+  if [ ${#to_remove[@]} -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Removing: ${to_remove[*]}"
+    sudo pacman -Rns --noconfirm "${to_remove[@]}"
+  fi
+}
+
+# Function to remove flatpak applications if installed
+remove_flatpaks() {
+  local flatpaks=("$@")
+  local to_remove=()
+
+  for pak in "${flatpaks[@]}"; do
+    if flatpak list | grep -qi "$pak"; then
+      to_remove+=("$pak")
+    fi
+  done
+
+  if [ ${#to_remove[@]} -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Removing flatpaks: ${to_remove[*]}"
+    flatpak uninstall --noninteractive "${to_remove[@]}"
+  fi
+}
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