How To Install rpmreaper on Fedora 34

rpmreaper is A tool for removing packages from system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpmreaper on Fedora 34.

What is rpmreaper

rpmreaper is a simple ncurses application with a mutt-like interface that allows removing unnecessary packages and their dependencies from the system.

We can use yum or dnf to install rpmreaper on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rpmreaper.

Install rpmreaper on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install rpmreaper using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rpmreaper

Install rpmreaper on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install rpmreaper using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rpmreaper

How To Uninstall rpmreaper on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the rpmreaper package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rpmreaper

rpmreaper Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/rpmreaper
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/54
/usr/lib/.build-id/54/ee5d47e743bbf1b03c25190cc4c6cad31d5c16
/usr/share/doc/rpmreaper
/usr/share/doc/rpmreaper/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/rpmreaper/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/rpmreaper/README
/usr/share/man/man1/rpmreaper.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpmreaper on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.