package-cleanup(1)

clean up locally installed, duplicate, or orphaned packages.

Section 1 dnf-plugins-core bookworm source

Description

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

A DNF-based shim imitating the original YUM-based package-cleanup utility.

package-cleanup [options]

All general DNF options are accepted, see Options in dnf(8) for details.
--leaves

List leaf nodes in the local RPM database. Leaf nodes are RPMs that are not relied upon by any other RPM. Maps to dnf repoquery --unneeded.

--orphans

List installed packages which are not available from currently configured repositories. Maps to dnf repoquery --extras.

--problems

List dependency problems in the local RPM database. Maps to dnf repoquery --unsatisfied.

--dupes

Scan for duplicates in the local RPM database. Maps to dnf repoquery --duplicates.

--cleandupes

Scan for duplicates in the local RPM database and clean out the older versions. Maps to dnf remove --duplicates.

package-cleanup --problems

List all dependency problems.

package-cleanup --orphans

List all packages that are not in any DNF repository.

package-cleanup --cleandupes

Remove all packages that have a duplicate installed.

See AUTHORS in your Core DNF Plugins distribution

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