At Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:05:53 -0000 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > Great thing about lurking in lists, is that you learn stuff! I wanted to > know how to remove every dreaded package that had been installed when an > intern/idiot decided to install x on a remote server - now I know yum > erase should do the trick! But you of course should be *careful*. Erase the wrong thing and all hell breaks loose... > > > Oh my. > > You do realize that a "yum erase" will gladly remove packages > > dependent on that package? On my system, "yum erase openssl" will > > remove 433 other packages. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller at deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/