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Linux – Yum Repository – Find All Packages Dependent on a Given RPM Package

This is a very handy command to find every package that depends on a given package.  Came in very useful for cleaning out old rpms that were not needed for a given role of server, i.e web server, database server, etc.

repoquery --whatrequires --installed --recursive  PACKAGE

Author revellerPosted on April 21, 2014August 21, 2014Categories LinuxTags linux, rpm
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