From 37f614ba78e1fc7a1aca3b14613a8fcbaeb5ac6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michele Cereda <cereda.michele@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 21:30:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: remove unneeded packages

---
 knowledge base/zypper.md | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/knowledge base/zypper.md b/knowledge base/zypper.md
index fe3bb53..ff33b16 100644
--- a/knowledge base/zypper.md	
+++ b/knowledge base/zypper.md	
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ zypper verify 'git-lfs'
 zypper ve 'virtualbox'
 
 # Uninstall resolvables.
-zypper remove 'code'
-zypper rm 'zfs'
+zypper remove --clean-deps 'code'
+zypper rm -u 'zfs'
 zypper in '!Firefox' '-htop'
 
 # List available updates.
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ zypper patch
 zypper dist-upgrade
 zypper dup --details --from 'factory' --from 'packman'
 
+# List unneded packages.
+# E.g. older dependencies not used anymore.
+zypper packages --unneeded
+zypper pa --unneeded
+
 
 # List currently defined repositories.
 zypper repos
@@ -128,6 +133,10 @@ zypper --non-interactive …
 
 # Clean up installed kernel packages.
 zypper purge-kernels --dry-run
+
+# Clean up unneded packages.
+# Always check what is being done.
+zypper packages --unneeded | awk 'NR>4{print $7}' | xargs sudo zypper rm -u
 ```
 
 ## Concepts
@@ -175,6 +184,7 @@ sudo rpm --query --list 'parallel'
 
 - [rpm]
 - [How can I list all files which have been installed by an ZYpp/Zypper package?]
+- [Managing software with command line tools]
 
 ## Sources
 
@@ -182,6 +192,7 @@ All the references in the [further readings] section, plus the following:
 
 - [Package repositories]
 - [Additional package repositories]
+- [Command to clean out all unneeded autoinstalled dependencies]
 
 <!--
   References
@@ -189,6 +200,8 @@ All the references in the [further readings] section, plus the following:
 
 <!-- Upstream -->
 [additional package repositories]: https://en.opensuse.org/Additional_package_repositories
+[command to clean out all unneeded autoinstalled dependencies]: https://github.com/openSUSE/zypper/issues/116
+[managing software with command line tools]: https://documentation.suse.com/sles/15-SP5/html/SLES-all/cha-sw-cl.html
 [package repositories]: https://en.opensuse.org/Package_repositories
 
 <!-- In-article sections -->