On Sat, 14 Jul 2018, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 07/14/18 19:11, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > scanned the dnf man page, did not see an immediate solution so i'll
> > ask here:
> >
> > is there any way to dynamically tag or label packages during dnf
> > install so i can remove them all later by that tag or label? on more
> > than one occasion, i've had to install dozens (or hundreds) of
> > packages, *knowing* that i would need them only for a while, at which
> > time it would be nice to be able to remove them all via that tag or
> > label.
> >
> > i guess i'm after something i would think of as a "dynamic group",
> > where i could run, say:
> >
> > $ sudo dnf install --tag="my_project" docker
> > $ sudo dnf install --tag="my_project" erlang
> >
> > and possibly other totally unrelated packages, then toss them all
> > later with:
> >
> > $ sudo dnf remove --tag="new_project"
> >
> > is there anything like this? (and, yes, i can appreciate the
> > possibility for conflicts when an initially "tagged" package would
> > later be installed explicitly, and so on.)
> >
>
> I don't quite understand what you are after...
then perhaps you should have taken the time to figure it out before
posting an answer. it's just a thought.
rday
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