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package-cleanup(1)                                    package-cleanup(1)

NAME

       package-cleanup - clean up locally installed, duplicate, or
       orphaned packages

SYNOPSIS

       package-cleanup [options] <item ...>

DESCRIPTION

       package-cleanup is a program for cleaning up the locally-
       installed RPMs.

GENERAL OPTIONS

       -c <config file>
              Use alternative config file (default is /etc/yum.conf).

       -h, --help
              Help; display a help message and then quit.

       -q, --quiet
              Print out nothing unnecessary.

       -v, --version
              Report program version and exit.

       -y     Agree to anything asked.

       --leaves
              List leaf nodes in the local RPM database.  Leaf nodes are
              RPMs that are not relied upon by any other RPM.

       --orphans
              List installed packages which are not available from
              currently configured repositories. This is identical to
              "yum list extras", which may provide better output.

       --oldkernels
              Remove old kernel and kernel-devel packages.

       --problems
              List dependency problems in the local RPM database. If any
              problems are found it will exit with an exit code of 1.

       --dupes
              Scan for duplicates in the local RPM database.

       --cleandupes
              Scan for duplicates in the local RPM database and clean
              out the older versions.

       --removenewestdupes
              Remove the newest dupes instead of the oldest dupes when
              cleaning duplicates.

       --noscripts
              Disable rpm scriptlets from running when cleaning
              duplicates.

       --count <COUNT>
              Number of duplicate/kernel packages to keep on the system
              (default 2)

LEAVES OPTIONS

       --all  When listing leaf nodes also list leaf nodes that are not
              libraries.

       --leaf-regex
              A package name that matches this regular expression will
              be considered a leaf.

       --exclude-devel
              When listing leaf nodes do not list development packages.

       --exclude-bin
              When listing leaf nodes do not list packages with files in
              bin directories.

OLDKERNELS OPTIONS

       --keepdevel
              Do not remove kernel-devel packages when removing kernels

EXAMPLES

       List all dependency problems:
              package-cleanup --problems

       List all packages that are not in any Yum repository:
              package-cleanup --orphans

       Remove old kernels keeping 3 and leaving old kernel-devel
       packages installed:
              package-cleanup --oldkernels --count=3 --keepdevel

       List all leaf packages with no files in a bin directory whose
       name begins with either 'perl' or 'python':
              package-cleanup --leaves --exclude-bin
              --leaf-regex="^(perl)|(python)"

FILES

       As package-cleanup uses YUM libraries for retrieving all the
       information, it relies on YUM configuration for its default
       values like which repositories to use. Consult YUM documentation
       for details:

       /etc/yum.conf
       /etc/yum/repos.d/
       /var/cache/yum/

SEE ALSO

       yum.conf(5)
       http://yum.baseurl.org/

AUTHORS

       See the Authors file included with this program.

BUGS

       There are of course no bugs, but should you find any, you should
       first consult the FAQ section on http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/Faq
       and if unsuccessful in finding a resolution contact the mailing
       list: yum-devel@lists.baseurl.org.  To file a bug use
       http://bugzilla.redhat.com for Fedora/RHEL/Centos related bugs
       and http://yum.baseurl.org/report for all other bugs.

COLOPHON

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Gijs Hollestelle            03 November 2005          package-cleanup(1)

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