DNF4-LEAVES(8)

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version 4.10.1 · 9 versions
, in opensuse-leap 16.0

👑 NAME 👑

Okay so this is dnf4-leaves(8), aka the DNF leaves Plugin, bestie. It lists installed packages that are not required by any other installed package. Periodt. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

dnf leaves

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

leaves lists every package installed on your system that is not required as a dependency of another installed package. But wait — plot twist — two or more packages might depend on each other in a dependency cycle. Packages in those cycles that are not required by any other package also get listed. Iconic behavior, honestly. ✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • All general DNF options — accepted, see Options in dnf(8) for details.

🌈 WHY IS THIS USEFUL? 🌈

This list gives you a cute little overview of what’s installed on your system without flooding you with everything required by the packages already shown. The following list of arguments basically says the same thing in different ways:

  • All the packages on this list are either needed by you, other users of the system, or not needed at all — if it was required by another installed package, it would not be on the list.
  • If you want to uninstall anything from your system without breaking dependencies, it must involve at least one package on this list.
  • If there is anything installed on the system that is not needed, it must be on this list — otherwise it would be required as a dependency by another package.

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

See AUTHORS in your Core DNF Plugins distribution.

2014, Red Hat, Licensed under GPLv2+

That’s the whole manual page, bestie — version 4.10.1, dated Mar 28, 2025. 🫶✨

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