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
44               unmarked packages depending on the package.
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46       E       Recursively mark the highlighted package and unmarked  packages
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49       u       Unmark the highlighted package.
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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  list  of  packages/capabilities that are required by
60               the highlighted package/capability. When  a  package  is  high‐
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63       b, B    Show/hide  list of packages/capabilities that require the high‐
64               lighted package/capability. When a package  is  highlighted,  B
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68       m, M    Show/hide list of  capabilities  required  by  the  highlighted
69               package.  With M the list is limited to capabilities that match
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73       p, P    Show/hide  list  of  capabilities  provided  by the highlighted
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77               age of the highlighted package in the currently displayed tree.
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79       o       Sort packages by name, flags or size.
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81       l       Limit  the  list of displayed packages. Uses the SEARCH EXPRES‐
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84       /, ?    Search in the package list. Uses the SEARCH EXPRESSION syntax.
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90       i       Run rpm -qil | less on the highlighted package. If  environment
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93       c       Run rpm -e on marked packages to remove them from the system.
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95       C       Similar to c, but extra options can be added to the rpm -e com‐
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99       q       Ask  to  remove  marked packages and quit. If the answer is no,
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104       F1, F2  Run man rpmreaper.
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106       ^R      Reload package list.
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PACKAGE FLAGS

112       L       Leaf, no package depends on the package.
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115               removing the package may remove L/l flag from other packages.
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SEARCH EXPRESSIONS

127       Search  expression  is  a  regular  expression  which can be optionally
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129       Overall search expression syntax looks like this:
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131       {[!]~flags }[!]regexp
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133       Recognized  flags  are  described  in the section PACKAGE FLAGS. Search
134       expression matches a package, if the following three  conditions  hold:
135       any  of  the  flags specified in ~ directives is set; none of the flags
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137       sion  matches  the  n-v-r[.a] string of the package. Regular expression
138       consisting of empty string matches all packages. If the regular expres‐
139       sion  is  preceded by !, its meaning is inverted (i.e. it matches where
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AUTHORS

159       Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com>
160       Petr Machata <pmachata@redhat.com>
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