I try to update my system after a couple of weeks and now I need 52 new packages between lib32-* packages and others, just because newest Steam needs lib32-libappindicator-gtk2...
Posted Sep 1, 2019, 8:29 PM UTC
ive never really understood why people care so much about package count, unless it's something massive they take up mere megabytes, usually less
So I'm not reaaally one of those people, but knowing what a package is and why it's on your computer becomes increasingly more difficult the more packages you have. Especially if it's installed as a dependency. That said, if I have a multilib package installed I'm probably pretty confident it's wine or steam related.
fair, so long as youre just not losing your marbles over total package count :p
have you looked into pkgtop-git in the aur? its a TUI that lists all your packages with descriptions of what they are. ive only briefly tried ir out myself but you should have a look yourself, might be handy for keeping track of all those multilibs.
I think it's to keep compatibility with games in it too. Steam itself might not need some of those libraries, but games in them very well might.
Just install it from flatpak and remove all 32bit packages from Arch.
Well then don't use Steam then I guess