On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 8:43 AM -pj via openSUSE Users <users@lists.opensuse.org> wrote:
Hi, I am wondering about how I should best go about purging packages and possibly dependencies along with what is displayed after passing 'zypper pa --unneeded'.
Why? What problem are you trying to solve?
I can use 'zypper remove --clean-deps' to remove the package along with it's uneeded dependencies or set 'solver.cleandepsOnRemove = true' in '/etc/zypp/zypp.conf'.
Is it safe to set solver to clean up the dependencies on package removal in '/etc/zypp/zypp.conf' ?
Can you tell me why it may be a bad idea to do this?
That is backwards. *You* tell us why you want to do it.
I recently used 'zypper rm packagenames' to remove packages that 'zypper pa --unneeded' displayed on a machine without removing any dependent packages.
I am working with another machine now and when I passed 'zypper pa --unneeded' the list is once again quite extensive > https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/2824e60628ce
What do you recommend with this situation. Are there negative impacts waiting for the machines user/s or operating system (Tumbleweed) if all the packages shown in the susepaste are purged?
Thanks