Orphaned packages in Fedora Silverblue (CoreOS)

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Did a search and found several packages orphaned in the CoreOS of Silverblue.

libcap-ng-python3
libdecor
liberation-sans-fonts
liberation-serif-fonts
libertas-usb8388-firmware
libproxy-duktape
libsane-hpaio
libsss_sudo
libxcrypt-compat

sudo rpm -q --whatrequires I get: no package requires about them.

How do I get rid of these, being that it’s a read only file system? What effects would it have on the CoreOS? Would they show up in rpm-ostree status if I were able to remove them? Is it even possible? When I try and use DNF in a toolbox these packages are not installed. I guess they aren’t in the container.

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I checked these packages in my f37 Silverblue installation, and I get a slightly different result:

awarda@fedora:~$ p="libcap-ng-python3 libdecor liberation-sans-fonts liberation-serif-fonts libertas-usb8388-firmware libproxy-duktape libsane-hpaio libsss_sudo libxcrypt-compat"

awarda@fedora:~$ for n in $p; do echo "$n: $(rpm -q --whatrequires $n)"; done | grep "no package"
libcap-ng-python3: no package requires libcap-ng-python3
libdecor: no package requires libdecor
libertas-usb8388-firmware: no package requires libertas-usb8388-firmware
libproxy-duktape: no package requires libproxy-duktape
libsane-hpaio: no package requires libsane-hpaio
libxcrypt-compat: no package requires libxcrypt-compat

awarda@fedora:~$ for n in $p; do echo "$n: $(rpm -q --whatrequires $n)"; done | grep -v "no package"
liberation-sans-fonts: liberation-fonts-2.1.5-3.fc37.noarch
liberation-serif-fonts: liberation-fonts-2.1.5-3.fc37.noarch
libsss_sudo: sssd-common-2.8.2-1.fc37.x86_64

But IMHO your question is valid.

Best regards
Armin.

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Thanks for responding, Armin

I see you got a little further. You think the others are standalone packages, excluding the fonts? Why would they get flagged as orphaned?

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I checked on default workstation (F37),
the fonts are from libreoffice-core-7.4.3.2-1.fc37.x86_64
libsss_sudo = sssd-common-2.8.2-1.fc37.x86_64

hope this helps.

The rest gives no result.

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Thank you, ilikelinux

I installed LibreOffice as a flatpak. I wonder why they would be in the CoreOS? Let me search and find the location of all these packages. That would explain why they are orphaned.

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