[CentOS] Minimising a CentOS installation

Sat Aug 21 19:10:23 UTC 2021
Steven Rosenberg <passthejoe at gmail.com>

On Sat, 2021-08-21 at 20:24 +0200, Leon Fauster via CentOS wrote:

> > https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-remove-orphaned-packages-on-centos-linux
> > 
> > It worked for me:
> > 
> > Get a list of orphaned packages:
> > 
> > $ package-cleanup --leaves
> > 
> > Remove them:
> > 
> > # yum remove `package-cleanup --leaves`
> > 
> > That's only if you're OK removing all of them.
> > 
> 
> Not sure why but at least on two C8S systems (not all)
> the kernel rpms are listed as leaves, also the running one.
> So, better don't execute the above command ...
> 
> Investigating why other C8S systems do not show the kernel
> rpms ...

I'm on C8S, and my package-cleanup --leaves is now clear.