package-cleanup

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Updated: 03 November 2005
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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. This is identical to "yum list extras", which may provide better output.
--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.
--count <COUNT>: Number of duplicate packages to keep on the system (default 2)

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

--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/

AUTHORS

See the Authors file included with this program.

BUGS

There are of course no bugs, but should you find any, you should first consult the FAQ section on http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/Faq and if unsuccessful in finding a resolution contact the mailing list: yum-devel@lists.baseurl.org. To file a bug use http://bugzilla.redhat.com for Fedora/RHEL/Centos related bugs and http://yum.baseurl.org/report for all other bugs.

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package-cleanup

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

GENERAL OPTIONS

LEAVES OPTIONS

OLDKERNELS OPTIONS

EXAMPLES

FILES

SEE ALSO

AUTHORS

BUGS

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