n00b question - removing packages from Fedora Core 4
Tim
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Sun Nov 13 22:20:02 UTC 2005
Mark Jordan:
>>> Can i also remove all the rpms that nothing is dependent on?
Tim:
>> Of course you can remove something that you're not using, not going
>> to use, and nothing else needs.
Mark Jordan:
> sorry. what i meant was, is there a command to do it automagically, eg
> yum remove orphaned or somefin?
Ah, I don't know of any easy way of removing what you don't need. The
best option is to not install everything, and only install what you want
to use.
However, even a "minimum" install for something like a headless server
(one without monitor, X, etc.), still installs all sorts of doodahs for
messing with graphic files. It doesn't seem sensible to me. If I was
going to set up something a webserver that generated graphs, then let
*that* ask to have extra graphics routines installed.
It's this sort of shovel in all sorts of stuff, regardless of need,
which makes it a pain for the first round of updates after a fresh
install (around 1 gigs worth). I'd like an easy way of installing the
applications I need, with their support files, and *NOTHING* else. Not
having to go through and untick three text-mode mail clients, etc., set
to be installed by default.
You could run something like Yumex, which gives you a listing of what's
available for updates/installs, and what's already installed, with
descriptions. You could manually go through and remove a few things.
--
Pet hate: People using the term "automagically" when they mean
"automatically". There's nothing *magic* about automation. :-\
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