How To Install yum-plugin-remove-with-leaves on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yum-plugin-remove-with-leaves on CentOS 7.

What is yum-plugin-remove-with-leaves

This plugin removes any unused dependencies that were brought in by an install but would not normally be removed. It helps to keep a system clean of unused libraries and packages.

We can use yum or dnf to install yum-plugin-remove-with-leaves on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install yum-plugin-remove-with-leaves.

Install yum-plugin-remove-with-leaves on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install yum-plugin-remove-with-leaves using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install yum-plugin-remove-with-leaves

Install yum-plugin-remove-with-leaves on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install yum-plugin-remove-with-leaves using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install yum-plugin-remove-with-leaves

How To Uninstall yum-plugin-remove-with-leaves on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the yum-plugin-remove-with-leaves package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove yum-plugin-remove-with-leaves

References

• yum-plugin-remove-with-leaves website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install yum-plugin-remove-with-leaves on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.