On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 08:28:35AM -0500, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:
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>
> besides versatility of yum, vastness of arguments is, for me, an
> enjoyable learning process.
>
> when i found yumex wanting to also remove libreoffice files, i
> dropped back to yum. when yum also wanted to remove libreoffice,
> it was back to 'man yum'. i saw history, but only read what it
> would do.
>
> failing to find anything to remove _only_ what i wrongly installed,
> it was back to basics and rpm.
>
> after reading your reply, i ran 'man yum' again to reread 'history'.
>
> having done so, i am at wonder just how 'history' and its arguments
> would handle remove wrong fonts and not include libreoffice.
>
> at this time, i am considering installing bad fonts again just to see
> what will happen.
>
> at this time, i have more pressing duties, but will give 'yum history'
> a run later and post back with results.
>
> thank you for reply and piquing my brain for further knowledge.
>
Back when you asked your original question I was certain someone would
mention yum history. So I tried it out myself. What I came up with
was essentially "what actions involved packages with "font" in their names.
I'll just show a bit of the output. ID is a sequential yum session #.
My highest is about 120. "yum history" will show them including dates.
$ sudo yum history packages '*font*'
ID | Action(s) | Package
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
84 | Dep-Install | mathjax-ams-fonts-2.4.0-1.el7.noarch
84 | Dep-Install | mathjax-caligraphic-fonts-2.4.0-1.el7.noarch
84 | Dep-Install | mathjax-fraktur-fonts-2.4.0-1.el7.noarch
78 | Updated | libXfont-1.4.7-3.el7_1.x86_64
78 | Update | 1.5.1-2.el7.x86_64
78 | Updated | liberation-fonts-common-1:1.07.2-14.el7.noarch
78 | Update | 1:1.07.2-15.el7.noarch
1 | Dep-Install | abattis-cantarell-fonts-0.0.12-3.el7.noarch
1 | Install | cjkuni-uming-fonts-0.2.20080216.1-53.el7.noarch
1 | Dep-Install | dejavu-fonts-common-2.33-6.el7.noarch
1 | Install | dejavu-sans-fonts-2.33-6.el7.noarch
So you can pick out which were just installed vs which were installed
as dependencies of some other package.
Jon
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