rpmreaper(1)

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NAME

6       rpmreaper - A tool for removing unnecessary packages from system
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SYNOPSIS

10       rpmreaper [-lvh] [-r root] [limit]
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DESCRIPTION

14       rpmreaper  is  a  simple ncurses application with a mutt-like interface
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OPTIONS

20       -l      List  packages  matching  limit, or all installed if not speci‐
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23       -v      Verbose listing.
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25       -r root Specify root directory (default is /).
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27       -h      Print help.
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30       A limit can be specified to limit the list of displayed  packages.  The
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KEYS

35       UP, DOWN, LEFT, PGUP, PGDOWN, HOME, END, TAB, BTAB, h, j, k
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41       d       Mark the highlighted package to be removed.
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43       D       Mark  the highlighted package to be removed even when there are
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46       E       Recursively mark the highlighted package and unmarked  packages
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54       I       Recursively unmark the highlighted package and marked  packages
55               that  the package depends on. Packages where a choice has to be
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59       r, R    Show/hide subtree of packages that are required by (with R also
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65       o       Sort packages by name, flags or size.
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70       /, ?    Search in the package list. Uses the SEARCH EXPRESSION syntax.
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76       i       Run rpm -qil | less on the highlighted package. If  environment
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90       ^R      Reload package list.
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PACKAGE FLAGS

96       L       Leaf, no package depends on the package.
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SEARCH EXPRESSIONS

111       Search  expression  is  a  regular  expression  which can be optionally
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113       Overall search expression syntax looks like this:
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117       Recognized  flags  are  described  in the section PACKAGE FLAGS. Search
118       expression matches a package, if the following three  conditions  hold:
119       any  of  the  flags specified in ~ directives is set; none of the flags
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121       sion  matches  the  n-v-r[.a] string of the package. Regular expression
122       consisting of empty string matches all packages. If the regular expres‐
123       sion  is  preceded by !, its meaning is inverted (i.e. it matches where
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AUTHORS

143       Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com>
144       Petr Machata <pmachata@redhat.com>
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