[NTLUG:Discuss] How do I remove unused programs?

[George Lass]

to determine the RPM that provides a particular program:

rpm -q --whatprovides <prog_name>

George

Jason Ferguson wrote:
> 
> Patrick,
> 
> Good chance you are running an RPM based distribution (Redhat, Mandrake,
> Suse, etc).
> 
> The command to remove a program would be along the lines of:
> 
> rpm -e <packagename>
> 
> The -e option stands for erase. If you put the program name in where I put
> "packagename", that will probably remove it. However, if the program is part
> of another package,knowing what package to remove is more difficult.
> 
> Try it. If it doesnt work, I'll try to help you out more.
> 
> (Oh yes, for debian the command would bet apt-get remove <packagename>)
> 
> Jason
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Patrick Parks
> To: discuss at ntlug.org
> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 11:46 PM
> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] How do I remove unused programs?
> 
> How would I go about identifying unused programs and files and stuff? What
> is the proper procedure to uninstall programs in linux? I am wanting to
> clear some disk spce, and I know I probably do not need a lot of whats in
> there. Thanks
> 
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