6.17. yum-plugin-remove-with-leaves

This extension removes unused dependencies which have been incorporated by an installation package that would otherwise not be removed. Helps maintain a system clean of libraries and unused packages.

This extension adds the following options to the remove command:

--leaves-exclude-bin: Do not remove leaf packages containing executable binaries.
--remove-leaves: Removes unneeded dependencies for other packages.

6.17.1. Configuration

/etc/yum/pluginconf.d/remove-with-leaves.conf

[main]
enabled = 1
#exclude_bin = 1
#remove_always = 1

enabled = 0|1: Enable extension at a general level.
exclude_bin = 1|0: Do not remove leaf packages with binaries.
remove_always = 1|0: Always remove leaf packages.