http://dnf.readthedocs.org/en/latest/command_ref.html#autoremove-command-label
dnf autoremove will just remove dependencies which is not used by another packages. BTW you can ignore removing non-used packages for one transaction using option --setopt=clean_requirements_on_remove=false On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 8:29 AM, Igor Gnatenko <i.gnatenko.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > # dnf autoremove > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 8:21 AM Dan Book <gri...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I have run into this before and it was very confusing, it really should be >> a separate command from remove for when you actually want to remove what dnf >> thinks is now "unused". >> >> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 1:38 AM, Panu Matilainen <pmati...@laiskiainen.org> >> wrote: >>> >>> On 12/01/2015 07:02 AM, Christopher wrote: >>>> >>>> What's the deal with libreoffice packages being a dependency for so many >>>> system library packages? >>>> >>>> I try to `sudo dnf remove libreoffice\*` and it grabs a bunch of >>>> surprising >>>> packages with it, including some fonts and system libraries. Granted, I >>>> don't think I need any of these things, so it's probably safe to >>>> uninstall >>>> them, but it is surprising that so many packages depend on libreoffice >>>> packages. I'd normally expect the dependencies to be the other way >>>> around >>>> (libreoffice-* depending on system libraries some basic fonts, while >>>> other >>>> fonts are independent or have only optional dependencies on >>>> LibreOffice). >>>> >>>> I don't need or want an offline office suite (it's huge, and takes up >>>> bandwidth during updates). I don't mind uninstalling it after a fresh >>>> install, but it is surprising how much goes with it. >>> >>> >>> >>> http://dnf.readthedocs.org/en/latest/cli_vs_yum.html#clean-requirements-on-remove-on-by-default >>> >>> http://dnf.readthedocs.org/en/latest/conf_ref.html#clean-requirements-on-remove-label >>> >>> Its not that system libraries depend on libreoffice but libreoffice being >>> the sole user of those libraries, and dnf offering to remove the otherwise >>> unused cruft along with it. >>> >>> - Panu - >>> -- >>> devel mailing list >>> devel@lists.fedoraproject.org >>> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org >> >> >> -- >> devel mailing list >> devel@lists.fedoraproject.org >> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > > -- > > -Igor Gnatenko -- -Igor Gnatenko -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
