RPMDUPLICATES(1)

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version 1.19 · 2 versions
, in fedora 43

💅 RPMDUPLICATES(1) — the group-chat version

okay bestie, listen. this is rpmduplicates, from the User Contributed Perl Documentation corner of the manual-verse. pull up a chair, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's find out which of your packages are living a double life.

✨ NAME ✨

rpmduplicates — find program with several version installed 🦋

like, several. plural. more than one. the audacity.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the tea, bestie: sometimes when you upgrade your system, it installs the new packages and then just… "forgets" to remove the older version. iconic of it, honestly, but also rude. 💀

Rpmorphan does not work with this kind of unused packages. Rpmduplicates is the answer. 🎀

and ngl, I recommend you run it after each distribution upgrade — for example from fedora core 7 to 8. like, make it a little ritual. a self-care moment. your system deserves it. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

rpmduplicates.pl  [options]

options:

   -help                brief help message
   -man                 full documentation
   -remove              ask to remove package
   -V, --version        print version

💜 REQUIRED ARGUMENTS 💜

nothing. zero. nada. you need literally nothing from us. 🫶

it's giving low-maintenance queen.

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -help — prints a brief help message and exits. quick lil snack of information. 🍓
  • -man — prints the full manual page and exits. the whole meal. the full course. you're reading it rn bestie 😭
  • -remove — asks to remove the suggested package. it doesn't just yolo-delete anything, it asks first, consent is key 💅
  • -version — prints the program release and exits. say hi to the version number real quick. ⭐

🌈 USAGE 🌈

rpmduplicates.pl

that's it. that's the whole vibe. run it. 💫

🎀 FILES 🎀

nothing. not a single file. she's self-sufficient. ✨

🔥 DIAGNOSTICS 🔥

it will show the duplicates with their version and build date 📅

and suggest to remove the older one. so thoughtful of it.

example:

duplicate kernel-devel : 2.6.24.4-64.fc8 (Sat Mar 29 15:36:41 2008) /
2.6.24.3-50.fc8 (Thu Mar 20 20:43:47 2008)

suggest : rpm -e kernel-devel-2.6.24.3-50.fc8

see how it just tells you the command to run? helpful king energy. no guessing required. 👑

💖 EXIT STATUS 💖

the number of duplicates packages found. 🔢

so like, if it finds 3 dupes, it exits with 3. that's not an error bestie, that's a receipt. 🧾✨

🦋 CONFIGURATION 🦋

nothing. zero config. she works out of the box. no cap. 💅

🌸 DEPENDENCIES 🌸

rpmorphan library 📚

gotta have the library. they're a package deal. iykyk.

💀 INCOMPATIBILITIES 💀

not known. as far as anyone can tell, she plays nice with everyone. 🫶

😭 BUGS AND LIMITATIONS 😭

not known. no drama on record. (if you find some, tell Eric, see AUTHOR below ⬇️)

⭐ NOTES ⭐

  • this program can be used as "normal" user — no root required, we love an accessible queen 🙈
  • the gpg-pubkey packages are excluded from the result. they get a free pass. main character exemption. 🎀

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

the whole friend group. go say hi. 🌈

Copyright (C) 2008 by Eric Gerbier

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

Eric Gerbier

you can report any bug or suggest to gerbier@users.sourceforge.net

okay that's the whole page bestie, you're officially educated 💅✨ this was RPMDUPLICATES(1) from perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-07-25. go forth and deduplicate your packages, you absolute icon. 🌸🦋💖

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