is there a way to remove orphan packages?

keratos · 06-19-2007, 02:40 PM

Well, the title says it all really.

Using mandrivas builtin package management S/W. Its okay, but I'm convinced there are packages left that depend on packages no longer installed, orphaned packages as I would call them

Is there a GUI utility?

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 06-19-2007, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by keratos

Well, the title says it all really.

Using mandrivas builtin package management S/W. Its okay, but I'm convinced there are packages left that depend on packages no longer installed, orphaned packages as I would call them

Is there a GUI utility?

kpackage or kleansweep. If you have your sources setup you can add them using the package manager.

keratos · 06-19-2007, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by {BBI}Nexus{BBI}

kpackage or kleansweep. If you have your sources setup you can add them using the package manager.

Nice1 !

ernie · 06-20-2007, 01:10 AM

If you are looking to find and remove orphaned rpm packages which may be left behind by the package manager, you may want to check out the rpmorphan package

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rpmorphan - Find orphaned rpm packages

rpmorphan finds orphaned packages on your system. It determines which packages have no other packages depending on their installation, and shows you a list of these packages.

It intends to be clone of deborphan debian tools for rpm packages.

HTH,

GlennsPref · 06-20-2007, 02:09 AM

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rpmorphan - Find orphaned rpm packages

rpmorphan finds orphaned packages on your system. It determines which packages have no other packages depending on their installation, and shows you a list of these packages.

It intends to be clone of deborphan debian tools for rpm packages.

HTH,

Thanks for that, I'm wondering if smart is capable......

keratos · 06-20-2007, 02:43 AM

thanks for the links guys.

kleanweep et al brings up 1000s of files with not much intelligence about it. Oh erm, not sure I want to go deleting them

rpmorphan looks much better. I'll give it a whirl on my sandbox and install proper if all goes well.

thanks again.