Yum and exclude multiple packages.

hack3rcon · 12-25-2018, 02:59 AM

Hello.
I want to remove gnome packages but exclude some of them. I used "-x" or "--exclude=package name" but I can see the packages name that I excluded in removed items.
For example:

Code:

$ sudo yum erase gnome-* --exclude=gnome-disk-utility.x86_64

But in the output, "gnome-disk-utility.x86_64" existed:

Code:

Removing:
 gnome-disk-utility                               
 gnome-getting-started-docs                       
 gnome-packagekit                                 
 gnome-packagekit-common                           
 gnome-packagekit-installer                        
 gnome-packagekit-updater                          
 gnome-system-log                                 
 gnome-system-monitor                             
 gnome-terminal                                    
 gnome-user-docs

Any idea?

Thank you.

pan64 · 12-25-2018, 03:12 AM

I would rather say they depend on each other, so most probably you can remove all or none.

dc.901 · 12-27-2018, 01:17 PM

Have you tried:

Code:

yum deplist <package name>

In your case:

Code:

yum deplist gnome-disk-utility.x86_64

Review the dependency of gnome-disk-utility...

Something I keep handy (yum cheatsheet):
https://access.redhat.com/sites/defa...cs_print-1.pdf