howto find unused packages (rpm)

keratos · 10-19-2008, 07:54 AM

Hi

I am running Fedora8 and wish to know if there is a way to identify packages that are NOT dependants, i.e. for a given installed RPM package, no other currently installed package needs it/requires it.

What I want to do is go through each of the above and, if I do not require the package, delete it and all of its dependancies, however clearly if one of the dependancies is required by another package then it needs to be retained.

Ideas on the best way ?

amani · 10-19-2008, 09:09 AM

There are yum plugins for that. See the Fedora packages guide

keratos · 10-20-2008, 07:38 AM

I've no idea?

how do I go about checking. where do i go?

more assitance if you please.

amani · 10-20-2008, 10:05 AM

Package Cleanup
Package-Cleanup is a program used for cleaning up RPMs that you have installed on your computer. By using one of the many options available you can easily find problems in your current installed packages. Package-Cleanup will list dependency problems, find RPMs that aren't being relied upon by any other RPM, locate installed packages which are not available from currently configured repositories, and remove old kernel and kernel-devel packages.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/D...CustomizingYum

keratos · 10-21-2008, 07:21 AM

thanks, I'll look into this.