package-cleanup(1)

1package-cleanup(1)                                          package-cleanup(1)
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NAME

6       package-cleanup
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SYNOPSIS

9       package-cleanup [options] <item ...>
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DESCRIPTION

12       package-cleanup  is  a  program  for  cleaning up the locally-installed
13       RPMs.
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GENERAL OPTIONS

16       -c <config file>
17              Use alternative config file (default is /etc/yum.conf).
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19       -h, --help
20              Help; display a help message and then quit.
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22       -q, --quiet
23              Print out nothing unecessary.
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25       -v, --version
26              Report program version and exit.
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28       -y     Agree to anything asked.
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30       --leaves
31              List leaf nodes in the local RPM database.  Leaf nodes are  RPMs
32              that are not relied upon by any other RPM.
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34       --orphans
35              List  installed  packages  which are not available from currenly
36              configured repositories. This is identical to "yum list extras",
37              which may provide better output.
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39       --oldkernels
40              Remove old kernel and kernel-devel packages.
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42       --problems
43              List dependency problems in the local RPM database. If any prob‐
44              lems are found it will exit with an exit code of 1.
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46       --dupes
47              Scan for duplicates in the local RPM database.
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49       --cleandupes
50              Scan for duplicates in the local RPM database and clean out  the
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53       --count <COUNT>
54              Number of duplicate packages to keep on the system (default 2)
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LEAVES OPTIONS

57       --all  When  listing  leaf  nodes  also  list  leaf  nodes that are not
58              libraries.
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60       --leaf-regex
61              A package name that matches this regular expression will be con‐
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64       --exclude-devel
65              When listing leaf nodes do not list development packages.
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67       --exclude-bin
68              When  listing  leaf nodes do not list packages with files in bin
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OLDKERNELS OPTIONS

72       --keepdevel
73              Do not remove kernel-devel packages when removing kernels
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EXAMPLES

77       List all dependency problems:
78              package-cleanup --problems
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80       List all packages that are not in any Yum repository:
81              package-cleanup --orphans
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83       Remove old kernels keeping 3  and  leaving  old  kernel-devel  packages
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85              package-cleanup --oldkernels --count=3 --keepdevel
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87       List  all  leaf  packages  with  no files in a bin directory whose name
88       begins with either 'perl' or 'python':
89              package-cleanup       --leaves       --exclude-bin       --leaf-
90              regex="^(perl)|(python)"
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FILES

93       As  package-cleanup  uses YUM libraries for retrieving all the informa‐
94       tion, it relies on YUM configuration for its default values like  which
95       repositories to use. Consult YUM documentation for details:
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97       /etc/yum.conf
98       /etc/yum/repos.d/
99       /var/cache/yum/
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AUTHORS

108       See the Authors file included with this program.
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BUGS

112       There  are of course no bugs, but should you find any, you should first
113       consult the  FAQ  section  on  http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/Faq  and  if
114       unsuccessful  in  finding  a  resolution contact the mailing list: yum-
115       devel@lists.baseurl.org.  To file a bug use  http://bugzilla.redhat.com
116       for  Fedora/RHEL/Centos  related bugs and http://yum.baseurl.org/report
117       for all other bugs.
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121Gijs Hollestelle               03 November 2005             package-cleanup(1)