Hello guys!

I want to completely remove qemu and all its optional packages. I went about removing most of them, but now I have this list of packages still installed:

$ pacman -Q | grep qemu
qemu-base 9.1.2-1
qemu-common 9.1.2-1
qemu-img 9.1.2-1
qemu-system-x86 9.1.2-1
qemu-system-x86-firmware 9.1.2-1

If I try to remove them with pacman -R <list of those package> I get the following message:

checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: removing qemu-base breaks dependency 'qemu' required by libguestfs
 -> exit status 1

When I add libguestfs to that list, I get the following output:

pacman -R qemu-base qemu-common qemu-img qemu-system-x86 qemu-system-x86-firmware libguestfs
checking dependencies...
:: e2fsprogs optionally requires lvm2: for e2scrub
:: grub optionally requires dosfstools: For grub-mkrescue FAT FS and EFI support
:: grub optionally requires lzop: For grub-mkrescue LZO support
:: grub optionally requires mtools: For grub-mkrescue FAT FS support
:: htop optionally requires strace: attach to a running process
:: libblockdev-fs optionally requires btrfs-progs: for BTRFS filesystem support
:: libblockdev-fs optionally requires dosfstools: for VFAT filesystem support
:: libblockdev-fs optionally requires exfatprogs: for exFAT filesystem support
:: libblockdev-fs optionally requires f2fs-tools: for F2FS filesystem support
:: libblockdev-fs optionally requires nilfs-utils: for nilfs filesystem support
:: libblockdev-fs optionally requires xfsprogs: for XFS filesystem support
:: libvirt optionally requires lvm2: Logical Volume Manager support
:: libvirt optionally requires qemu-base: QEMU/KVM support
:: mkinitcpio optionally requires lzop: Use lzo compression for the initramfs image
:: reflector optionally requires rsync: rate rsync mirrors
:: steamtinkerlaunch optionally requires rsync: optional for backing up steamuser files from proton games
:: steamtinkerlaunch optionally requires strace: write a strace log of the launched game
:: udisks2 optionally requires btrfs-progs: for BTRFS support in libblockdev-fs
:: udisks2 optionally requires dosfstools: for FAT support in libblockdev-fs
:: udisks2 optionally requires exfatprogs: for exFAT support in libblockdev-fs
:: udisks2 optionally requires f2fs-tools: for F2FS support in libblockdev-fs
:: udisks2 optionally requires nilfs-utils: for NILFS support in libblockdev-fs
:: udisks2 optionally requires xfsprogs: for XFS support in libblockdev-fs

Packages (50) augeas-1.14.1-3  btrfs-progs-6.11-1  capstone-5.0.3-1  debootstrap-1.0.137-1  distro-info-1.10-1  distro-info-data-0.63-1  dosfstools-4.2-5  dtc-1.7.2-1  edk2-ovmf-202411-1  exfatprogs-1.2.6-1  f2fs-tools-1.16.0-3  gptfdisk-1.0.10-1  hivex-1.3.23-10
              iniparser-4.2.4-1  jfsutils-1.1.15-9  libewf-20140816-1  libldm-0.2.5-3  libslirp-4.8.0-1  libtraceevent-1:1.8.4-1  libtracefs-1.8.1-1  libxdp-1.4.3-1  lrzip-0.651-3  lsscsi-0.32-2  lvm2-2.03.28-1  lzop-1.04-4  mtools-1:4.0.46-1
              multipath-tools-0.10.0-1  ndctl-79-1  nilfs-utils-2.2.11-1  perl-libintl-perl-1.33-4  rsync-3.3.0-2  seabios-1.16.3-1  sleuthkit-4.12.1-3  squashfs-tools-4.6.1-2  strace-6.12-1  supermin-5.3.5-1  sysfsutils-2.1.1-2  syslinux-6.04.pre3.r3.g05ac953c-3
              thin-provisioning-tools-1.1.0-1  vde2-2.3.3-5  virtiofsd-1.13.0-1  wolfssl-5.7.4-1  xfsprogs-6.11.0-1  yara-4.5.1-1  libguestfs-1.54.0-1  qemu-base-9.1.2-1  qemu-common-9.1.2-1  qemu-img-9.1.2-1  qemu-system-x86-9.1.2-1  qemu-system-x86-firmware-9.1.2-1

Total Removed Size:  208.05 MiB

:: Do you want to remove these packages? [Y/n] n
 -> exit status 1

I’m seeing stuff in there about grub and some other packages I definitely DO NOT want to remove, so I’m wondering how I can proceed.

Thanks in advance!