n00b question - removing packages from Fedora Core 4

[Kahn Seidl]

if you want to do it via command line, because its cooler, use this


$rpm -qa | grep packagehere

this will list all the packages containing "packagehere"    but, be a little 
generic with package here, and watch for caps.  it is sensitive.  it took me 
a long time to unintsall maya because i kept searching for maya and not 
Maya.  but, most of it is lowercase.

then to remove the package

$rpm -e packagehere

you enter in the "packagehere" just as rpm -qa displayed it, dont put rpm at 
the end.

thanks,
martin


>From: Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au>
>Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>Subject: Re: n00b question - removing packages from Fedora Core 4
>Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 01:20:19 +1030
>
>On Sat, 2005-11-12 at 06:22 -0800, Mark Jordan wrote:
> > I've had FC4 for a little while now and have decided i cant really use
> > stuff like eclipse and OO.org because theyre just too big for my
> > little system. How can I go about removing rpms to free up disk space?
>
>There's an add/remove applications tool in the menu.
>You can "erase" RPMs manually, if you know which ones to remove.
>You can use YUM to remove packages.
>Take your pick.
>
> > Can i also remove all the rpms that nothing is dependent on?
>
>Do you really need to ask that?  Of course you can remove something that
>you're not using, not going to use, and nothing else needs.  If nothing
>depended on it, what would be the point of requiring its presence?
>
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