Hi, I worked on some projects some time ago like compiling from source etc, and they needed some dependencies so i had to install them using dnf install, know i want to free some space and i want to remove these packages but i don’t remember them
My question is that in such a scenario, how do u act and is there a way to be more organized like when installing a package, can i mark it as a dependency or any other way
I use containers spin toolbox or distrobox create container install what I need do my thing and when not needed just delete container and everything inside on it
If you are compiling from source then you will have added to sorts of packages. Development libs and tools.
You can look in the dnf history to see what you installed.
To remove all development libs the command dnf remove “*devel*” will likely clean up a lot.
sudo rpmreaper is a handy ncurses tool that can be useful when attempting to remove unneeded packages from your system. Just press F2 for info about what all the labels mean and what the hotkeys do. It will sort the largest leaf packages to the top by default. It works quite well once you get used to working with it.