Daniel de Kok wrote:
On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 10:01 +0200, Niki Kovacs wrote:
Once I'm working with Yum, can i safely remove pirut?
$ rpm -q --whatrequires pirut no package requires pirut
Yes, you can ;).
-- Daniel
Following that logic, here's what I ran into, in trying to deep-six %$#* "gam_server":
[root@mavis libexec]# rpm -q --whatrequires gam_server no package requires gam_server [root@mavis libexec]# rpm -q --whatrequires gamin gamin-devel-0.1.7-1.2.EL4 gamin-python-0.1.7-1.2.EL4 [root@mavis libexec]# rpm -q --whatrequires gamin-devel no package requires gamin-devel [root@mavis libexec]# rpm -q --whatrequires gamin-python no package requires gamin-python [root@mavis libexec]# man yum [root@mavis libexec]# yum erase gamin gamin-devel gamin-python Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading "protectbase" plugin Setting up Remove Process Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package gamin-devel.i386 0:0.1.7-1.2.EL4 set to be erased ---> Package gamin.i386 0:0.1.7-1.2.EL4 set to be erased ---> Package gamin-python.i386 0:0.1.7-1.2.EL4 set to be erased --> Running transaction check Setting up repositories dag 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 update 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 addons 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Determining fastest mirrors Reading repository metadata in from local files primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 1.5 MB 00:05 dag : ################################################## 6231/6231 Added 3 new packages, deleted 0 old in 9.76 seconds primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 27 kB 00:00 update : ################################################## 107/107 Added 2 new packages, deleted 0 old in 0.39 seconds Excluding Packages in global exclude list Finished 139 packages excluded due to repository protections Excluding Packages in global exclude list Finished 0 packages excluded due to repository protections --> Processing Dependency: libfam.so.0 for package: kdegames --> Processing Dependency: libfam.so.0 for package: kdenetwork-nowlistening --> Processing Dependency: libfam.so.0 for package: kdeartwork
<BEEG SNEEP>
xine-lib i386 1.1.6-1.el4.rf installed 22 M xsane-gimp i386 0.92-13 installed 531 k yelp i386 2.6.4-2 installed 1.1 M
Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 0 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 197 Package(s) Total download size: 0 Is this ok [y/N]: N Exiting on user Command Complete! [root@mavis libexec]#
...No, I didn't! ;-).