To Lennie I would add that if he really wants to remove something with dependents (like say an old gnu C++ library set) then he is better off not removing it but rather updating it with a newer version. YUM should let you upgrade packages, which effectively removes older versions. If you are removing packages to make room on your hard drive then perhaps it's better to just buy more memory and leave the stuff that has the 44 dependencies alone! (Caveat: i'm not an expert, just a curious linux user.) Jim Perrin wrote: > On 3/31/06, Lennie Johansson <icedizzy_cs@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi all thx 4 your gr8 tool YUM. >> Wondering, i want to get rid of a package YUM suggest to remove 44 others. >> Ok got that the 44 packages are able to use what i want to get rid of but it >> isnt nessesery i judge that. >> How to force YUM to just remove the packages i want? are there any flags or >> steps i have to do? >> Noobish me. >> Any help? >> /Ice >> > > Short answer, you don't. There is no 'force' option. You're telling > yum to remove a package. Yum is telling you that there are 44 packages > that depend on what you're trying to remove to function. If you were > to force only the removal of one, the rest may stop working. Yum is > doing exactly what it should. > > -- > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety'' > Benjamin Franklin 1775 > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > >
