On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 08:28:35AM -0500, geo.inbox.ignored wrote: > > > besides versatility of yum, vastness of arguments is, for me, an > enjoyable learning process. > > when i found yumex wanting to also remove libreoffice files, i > dropped back to yum. when yum also wanted to remove libreoffice, > it was back to 'man yum'. i saw history, but only read what it > would do. > > failing to find anything to remove _only_ what i wrongly installed, > it was back to basics and rpm. > > after reading your reply, i ran 'man yum' again to reread 'history'. > > having done so, i am at wonder just how 'history' and its arguments > would handle remove wrong fonts and not include libreoffice. > > at this time, i am considering installing bad fonts again just to see > what will happen. > > at this time, i have more pressing duties, but will give 'yum history' > a run later and post back with results. > > thank you for reply and piquing my brain for further knowledge. > Back when you asked your original question I was certain someone would mention yum history. So I tried it out myself. What I came up with was essentially "what actions involved packages with "font" in their names. I'll just show a bit of the output. ID is a sequential yum session #. My highest is about 120. "yum history" will show them including dates. $ sudo yum history packages '*font*' ID | Action(s) | Package ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 84 | Dep-Install | mathjax-ams-fonts-2.4.0-1.el7.noarch 84 | Dep-Install | mathjax-caligraphic-fonts-2.4.0-1.el7.noarch 84 | Dep-Install | mathjax-fraktur-fonts-2.4.0-1.el7.noarch 78 | Updated | libXfont-1.4.7-3.el7_1.x86_64 78 | Update | 1.5.1-2.el7.x86_64 78 | Updated | liberation-fonts-common-1:1.07.2-14.el7.noarch 78 | Update | 1:1.07.2-15.el7.noarch 1 | Dep-Install | abattis-cantarell-fonts-0.0.12-3.el7.noarch 1 | Install | cjkuni-uming-fonts-0.2.20080216.1-53.el7.noarch 1 | Dep-Install | dejavu-fonts-common-2.33-6.el7.noarch 1 | Install | dejavu-sans-fonts-2.33-6.el7.noarch So you can pick out which were just installed vs which were installed as dependencies of some other package. Jon -- Jon H. LaBadie jon@xxxxxxxxxx 11226 South Shore Rd. (703) 787-0688 (H) Reston, VA 20190 (703) 935-6720 (C) _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos