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List installed packages by size with RPM

Linux rpm / size 2 Jan 2018 2 Jan 2018 Leave a comment

Data always piles up and on a small VPS the storage space can quickly get consumed by leftover or unused programs.

When things get too crammed it’s time to use the available tools and clean up some of the unwanted things.

Uninstalling packages with rpm on CentOS/Fedora

Linux linux / rpm / yum 21 May 2013 21 May 2013 Leave a comment

At time x86 and x64 versions of the same package may conflict with each other or with updates of packages that use them.

Yum is a great package manager but yum doesn’t allow removing packages without also removing dependencies on that package. This is where the the old and mighty rpm comes in.