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6 dnf5-leaves - Leaves Command
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9 dnf5 leaves
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12 The leaves command in DNF5 is used to list all leaf packages. Leaf
13 packages are installed packages that are not required as a dependency
14 of another installed package. However, two or more installed packages
15 might depend on each other in a dependency cycle. Packages in such cy‐
16 cles that are not required by any other installed package are also
17 leaf. Packages in such cycles form a group of leaf packages.
18 Packages in the output list are sorted by group and the first package
20 in the group is preceded by a - character.
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23 Does not implement options. But it takes into account the in‐
24 stall_weak_deps setting. If install_weak_deps is set to false, weak
25 dependencies are ignored during the calculation of the set of leaf
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29 The list gives you a nice overview of what is installed on your system
30 without flooding you with anything required by the packages already
31 shown. The following list of arguments basically says the same thing
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33 • All the packages on this list is either needed by you, other users of
35 the system or not needed at all -- if it was required by another in‐
36 stalled package it would not be on the list.
37 • If you want to uninstall anything from your system (without breaking
39 dependencies) it must involve at least one package on this list.
40 • If there is anything installed on the system which is not needed it
42 must be on this list -- otherwise it would be required as a depen‐
43 dency by another package.
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46 See AUTHORS.md in dnf5 source distribution.
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49 Contributors to the dnf5 project.
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