I suggest you use yum:
Just be careful not to remove a bunch of dependencies that other packages may depend on.
Same thing can be done with rpm. In this example
Hi,
There is an option to specify rpm while creating the file system ( default - 3600 ).
Question is, If a file system which is built with default option is restored to a new disk with a higher rpm capacity, ( say 7200 rpm ), am I loosing any performance gains ?
I mean, should I go for a... (1 Reply)
Experts,
I am trying to encrypt my filesystem using the AES 256 bit type of encryption. I am using FreeBSD 5.4 and need to encrypt one of the mounted points. Does anybody have any good idea of how to do it?
Is there any documentation about encrypting the disk partition as this method is more... (2 Replies)
How to check the Linux operating System bit version i.e if the operating system is 32-bit verison or 64-bit verison?
There is a file which gives this information, i think it is in /usr/bin or /usr/sbin. I am not sure about this? This Might be a silly question, but it is important.
;) (7 Replies)
I know this may sound little incomplete but this is what i read on some linux hardening guide.I dont have any clue on how to remove group's write bit.
I m posting the exact sentence of the hardening guide.
What all system files to be taken care of?
---------- Post updated 10-04-10 at... (3 Replies)
1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
Hi all,
I've got a huuuuuuge problem with understanding this new concept of multi-paging. I really tried to research but i could not find anything significant. I've been trying to understand this for 4 days and i cannot. The question... (0 Replies)
How to make RPM not write to RPM database if RPM fails to deploy?
IE I create an rpm spec file that contains the following
if
then
exit 1
fi
My rpm will fail at deployment, but if I do rpm -qa , I can see the rpm in the rpm db (3 Replies)
Hello!,
I can't remove a rpm package with rpm -e net-snmp
Nothing happened, and the process returns D status when i see with ps aux | grep rpm. When i say "Nothing Happened", the terminal don't return any message, and not remove the package.
What can I do to remove?
Ps: I work with Red... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Douglas Ramalho
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package-cleanup
package-cleanup(1)package-cleanup(1)NAME
package-cleanup - clean up locally installed, duplicate, or orphaned packages
SYNOPSIS
package-cleanup [options] <item ...>
DESCRIPTION
package-cleanup is a program for cleaning up the locally-installed RPMs.
GENERAL OPTIONS -c <config file>
Use alternative config file (default is /etc/yum.conf).
-h, --help
Help; display a help message and then quit.
-q, --quiet
Print out nothing unnecessary.
-v, --version
Report program version and exit.
-y Agree to anything asked.
--leaves
List leaf nodes in the local RPM database. Leaf nodes are RPMs that are not relied upon by any other RPM.
--orphans
List installed packages which are not available from currently configured repositories. This is identical to "yum list extras",
which may provide better output.
--oldkernels
Remove old kernel and kernel-devel packages.
--problems
List dependency problems in the local RPM database. If any problems are found it will exit with an exit code of 1.
--dupes
Scan for duplicates in the local RPM database.
--cleandupes
Scan for duplicates in the local RPM database and clean out the older versions.
--count <COUNT>
Number of duplicate/kernel packages to keep on the system (default 2)
LEAVES OPTIONS --all When listing leaf nodes also list leaf nodes that are not libraries.
--leaf-regex
A package name that matches this regular expression will be considered a leaf.
--exclude-devel
When listing leaf nodes do not list development packages.
--exclude-bin
When listing leaf nodes do not list packages with files in bin directories.
OLDKERNELS OPTIONS --keepdevel
Do not remove kernel-devel packages when removing kernels
EXAMPLES
List all dependency problems:
package-cleanup --problems
List all packages that are not in any Yum repository:
package-cleanup --orphans
Remove old kernels keeping 3 and leaving old kernel-devel packages installed:
package-cleanup --oldkernels --count=3 --keepdevel
List all leaf packages with no files in a bin directory whose name begins with either 'perl' or 'python':
package-cleanup --leaves --exclude-bin --leaf-regex="^(perl)|(python)"
FILES
As package-cleanup uses YUM libraries for retrieving all the information, it relies on YUM configuration for its default values like which
repositories to use. Consult YUM documentation for details:
/etc/yum.conf
/etc/yum/repos.d/
/var/cache/yum/
SEE ALSO
yum.conf (5)
http://yum.baseurl.org/
AUTHORS
See the Authors file included with this program.
BUGS
There are of course no bugs, but should you find any, you should first consult the FAQ section on http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/Faq and if
unsuccessful in finding a resolution contact the mailing list: yum-devel@lists.baseurl.org. To file a bug use http://bugzilla.redhat.com
for Fedora/RHEL/Centos related bugs and http://yum.baseurl.org/report for all other bugs.
Gijs Hollestelle 03 November 2005 package-cleanup(1)