How to Install and Uninstall rocky-obsolete-packages.noarch Package on Rocky Linux 8

Last updated: January 15,2025

1. Install "rocky-obsolete-packages.noarch" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install rocky-obsolete-packages.noarch on Rocky Linux 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "rocky-obsolete-packages.noarch" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall rocky-obsolete-packages.noarch on Rocky Linux 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the rocky-obsolete-packages.noarch package on Rocky Linux 8

Last metadata expiration check: 0:56:27 ago on Mon Sep 12 10:27:18 2022.
Available Packages
Name : rocky-obsolete-packages
Version : 8
Release : 4
Architecture : noarch
Size : 7.3 k
Source : rocky-obsolete-packages-8-4.src.rpm
Repository : baseos
Summary : A package to obsolete retired packages
URL : https://www.rockylinux.org/
License : Public Domain
Description : This package exists only to obsolete other packages which need to be removed
: from the distribution for some reason.
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: Currently obsoleted packages:
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: rpm < 4.14.2-11.el8_0
: binutils < 2.30-58.el8.0.1
: which < 2.21-12.el8
: (See https://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS8.1911)