package-cleanup
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Updated: 2005 Nov 3
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NAME
package-cleanup
SYNOPSIS
package-cleanup [options] <item ...>
DESCRIPTION
package-cleanup is a program for cleaning up the locally-installed RPMs.
GENERAL OPTIONS
- -c <config file>
-
Use alternative config file (default is /etc/yum.conf).
- -h, --help
-
Help; display a help message and then quit.
- -q, --quiet
-
Print out nothing unecessary.
- -v, --version
-
Report program version and exit.
- -y
-
Agree to anything asked.
- --leaves
-
List leaf nodes in the local RPM database. Leaf nodes are RPMs that
are not relied upon by any other RPM.
- --orphans
-
List installed packages which are not available from currenly configured
repositories.
- --oldkernels
-
Remove old kernel and kernel-devel packages.
- --problems
-
List dependency problems in the local RPM database. If any problems are
found it will exit with an exit code of 1.
- --dupes
-
Scan for duplicates in the local RPM database.
- --cleandupes
-
Scan for duplicates in the local RPM database and clean out the
older versions.
LEAVES OPTIONS
- --all
-
When listing leaf nodes also list leaf nodes that are
not libraries.
- --leaf-regex
-
A package name that matches this regular expression will be considered a leaf.
- --exclude-devel
-
When listing leaf nodes do not list development packages.
- --exclude-bin
-
When listing leaf nodes do not list packages with files in bin directories.
OLDKERNELS OPTIONS
- --count <COUNT>
-
Number of kernel packages to keep on the system (default 2)
- --keepdevel
-
Do not remove kernel-devel packages when removing kernels
EXAMPLES
- List all dependency problems:
-
package-cleanup --problems
- List all packages that are not in any Yum repository:
-
package-cleanup --orphans
- Remove old kernels keeping 3 and leaving old kernel-devel packages installed:
-
package-cleanup --oldkernels --count=3 --keepdevel
- List all leaf packages with no files in a bin directory whose name begins with either 'perl' or 'python':
-
package-cleanup --leaves --exclude-bin --leaf-regex="^(perl)|(python)"
FILES
As package-cleanup uses YUM libraries for retrieving all the information, it
relies on YUM configuration for its default values like which repositories
to use. Consult YUM documentation for details:
/etc/yum.conf
/etc/yum/repos.d/
/var/cache/yum/
SEE ALSO
yum.conf (5)
http://yum.baseurl.org/
AUTHORS
See the Authors file included with this program.
BUGS
There of course aren't any bugs, but if you find any, they should be sent
to the mailing list: yum@lists.baseurl.org or filed in trac.