[SOLVED] Unkown application randomly installed on Fedora 36 (now Fedora 37)

Disaster2life · 11-17-2022, 07:02 AM

Greetings, few days ago I was removing some repositories from DNF for repositories I did not use any more, (I do feel this is related) and later I discovered a bunch of applications installed on my system, they appear to be a part of CGNS tools (https://cgns.github.io/CGNS_docs_cur...ols/index.html), but when I try to search DNF or Flatpak (the only two packet managers I use), They yield nothing, I have no clue how I got installed, and I do wish to get rid of them, I only decided to post as I got time today and have been swarmed otherwise.
attachment shows the applications that have been installed

computersavvy · 11-17-2022, 12:02 PM

I doubt those were in any way randomly installed.
A quick search for cgnsview gave me this link as the first hit
https://cgns.github.io/CGNS_docs_cur...iew/index.html

That would imply that they were actively installed by the user from github, and removal would require manually removing them.

mrmazda · 11-17-2022, 08:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Disaster2life

when I try to search DNF ... They yield nothing

I don't think you tried very hard, or you deleted repos that you should not have:

Code:

# inxi -S
System:
  Host: ab250 Kernel: 5.19.16-300.fc37.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
    Console: pty pts/0 Distro: Fedora release 37 (Thirty Seven)
# dnf search cgns | grep -v i686
========================= Name & Summary Matched: cgns =========================
cgnslib-common.noarch : Common files for cgnslib
cgnslib-devel.x86_64 : Development files for cgnslib
cgnslib-mpich.x86_64 : cgnslib compiled against mpich
cgnslib-mpich-devel.x86_64 : Development files for cgnslib compiled against mpich
cgnslib-openmpi.x86_64 : cgnslib compiled against openmpi
cgnslib-openmpi-devel.x86_64 : Development files for cgnslib compiled against openmpi
============================== Name Matched: cgns ==============================
cgnslib.x86_64 : Computational Fluid Dynamics General Notation System
# rpm -qa | grep cgns
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Disaster2life · 11-18-2022, 04:26 AM

Thanks a lot, it seems I did indeed delete some repo I shouldn't have, I did come across both the package in DNF and also the github page, and since the github page didn't mention any repo specific installation package, so I didn't connect the dots, the application in removed now, thanks again!