On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 02:16:09AM -0230, Shane Lahey wrote: > MM> Install the "yum-utils" package from Fedora Extras, and run: > MM> sudo package-cleanup --oldkernels > MM> (assuming you have sudo privileges, of course). > > Im still new to Fedora Core myself, diden't realize there was a > package-cleanup. Would it be better to use the package-cleanup rather > than 'rpm -e', or do they both do the same thing? yum-utils is new, so it's no surprise it's not widely known. Ultimately, it does the same thing as rpm -e, but it's less prone to typos (oops! I removed all my kernels!) and has more features. Well, one feature -- it can conveniently remove all kernels but the latest N (defaults to 2) in one swoop. It's actually a kind of catch-all utility -- in addition to the kernel cleanup feature, it has a "--problems" mode where it reports any dependency issues in your currently installed packages, and a "--leaves" mode which reports packages which are installed but not required by anything else. (By default, only libraries.) -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> Current office temperature: 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
