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)