Name
clean
Synopsis
clean [options]Clean up the yum cache directory.
Options
- all
Clean everything: headers, packages, metadata, and the cache.
- dbcache
Clean up the sqlite database cache, forcing yum to recreate it the next time it runs.
- headers
Remove all header files, forcing yum to download new headers the next time it runs.
- metadata
Remove the metadata files, which maintain information about the packages such as package name, file size, description, dependencies, etc. The metadata will be downloaded again the next time yum is run.
- packages
Remove cached packages from the system.
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