Dnf autoremove wants to delete everything along with the kernel

Reksio · 05-14-2016, 01:59 AM

Please correct me if I'm wrong but after coming from Ubuntu, and reading some other forums, I thought that "dnf autoremove" essentially plays the same role as "sudo-apt autoremove" in Ubuntu.
I have some left files and dependencies that I don't need and are just lying there doing nothing, so I thought I could use "autoremove" for that. Instead, autoremove wants to delete everything I installed, along with the kernel currently in use. Am I doing something wrong? Is there some other command that could do the job?

Ztcoracat · 05-14-2016, 07:29 PM

Quote:

I have some left files and dependencies that I don't need and are just lying there doing nothing, so I thought I could use "autoremove" for that.

I wouldn't do it because it will leave you with and unstable system. Not to mention a system that won't boot.

The dependencies that you say you don't need may be needed by other libraries and applications on your system so be very careful with what you remove.

For files that you don't need use the remove command as root.

Code:

dnf remove <name of file or application>

https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/que...et-autoremove/
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=308832

syg00 · 05-14-2016, 08:46 PM

Once upon a time, in a century long gone, I may have used similar. I may even have forced the issue, disregarding the warning.
Once.

When dnf support was announced for Fedora, I quickly spied the removal of running kernel protection. What a mob of dicks.
I too would recommend you stay well away from autoremove.

Ztcoracat · 05-14-2016, 09:23 PM

Sadly autoremove wrecked this members install:-
https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/que...-installation/

-::-All the more reason to not use autoremove.-::-

Reksio · 05-14-2016, 11:34 PM

Is there any other solution, besides what Ztcoracat said:

Code:

dnf remove <name of file or application>

?

tomwest · 05-15-2016, 02:24 AM

You could do:

Code:

rpm -e --nodeps <packagename>

which should remove just that package, if it's a package that you want to remove, and rpm won't check dependencies. You need to know what you are doing though.

To remove files, use: rm filename. That's get rid of them for good usually.