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

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

SYNOPSIS
       package-cleanup [options] 

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

GENERAL OPTIONS
       -c 
              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 prob‐
              lems 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  clean‐
              ing duplicates.

       noscripts
              Disable rpm scriptlets from running when cleaning duplicates.

       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 con‐
              sidered 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  informa‐
       tion,  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.



Gijs Hollestelle               03 November 2005             package-cleanup(1)