Chapter 8. Removing RHEL 8 content In the following sections, learn how to remove content in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 by using YUM . 8.1. Removing installed packages You can use YUM to remove a single package or multiple packages installed on your system. If any of the packages you choose to remove have unused dependencies, YUM uninstalls these dependencies as well. Procedure Remove particular packages: 8.2. Removing package groups Package groups bundle multiple packages. You can use package groups to remove all packages assigned to a group in a single step. Procedure Use one of the following methods to install a package group: To remove a package group by a group name, enter one of the following commands:: To remove a package group by the groupID, enter: 8.3. Removing installed modular content When removing installed modular content, you can remove packages from either a selected profile or from the whole stream . Important YUM tries to remove all packages with a name corresponding to the packages installed with a profile or a stream, including their dependent packages. Always check the list of packages to be removed before you proceed, especially if you have enabled custom repositories on your system. 8.3.1. Removing packages from an installed profile When you remove packages installed with a profile, all packages with a name corresponding to the packages installed by the profile are removed. This includes their dependencies, with the exception of packages required by a different profile. To remove all packages from a selected stream, complete the steps in Removing all packages from a module stream . Prerequisites The selected profile is installed by using the yum module install module_name : stream / profile command or as a default profile by using the yum install module_name : stream command. Procedure Uninstall packages that belong to the selected profile: For example, to remove packages from the devel profile of the php:7.3 module stream, enter: Warning Check the list of packages under Removing: and Removing unused dependencies: before you proceed with the removal transaction. This transaction removes requested packages, unused dependencies, and dependent packages, which might result in the system failure. Alternatively, uninstall packages from all installed profiles within a stream: Note These operations will not remove packages from the stream that do not belong to any of the profiles. Verification Verify that the correct profile was removed: All profiles except devel are currently installed ( [i] ). Additional resources Modular dependencies and stream changes 8.3.2. Removing all packages from a module stream When you remove packages installed with a module stream, all packages with a name corresponding to the packages installed by the stream are removed. This includes their dependencies, with the exception of packages required by other modules. To remove only packages from a selected profile, complete the steps in Removing packages from an installed profile . Prerequisites The module stream is enabled and at least some packages from the stream are installed. Procedure Remove all packages from a selected stream: For example, to remove all packages from the php:7.3 module stream, enter: Warning Check the list of packages under Removing: and Removing unused dependencies: before you proceed with the removal transaction. This transaction removes requested packages, unused dependencies, and dependent packages, which might result in the system failure. Optional: Reset or disable the stream by entering one of the following commands: Verification Verify that all packages from the selected module stream were removed: The 7.3 stream of the php module is currently enabled ( [e] ) but no packages from this stream are installed ( [i] ). Additional resources Modular dependencies and stream changes 8.4. Specifying package details for removal You can specify package details for a precise package removal process. To do so, append the following suffixes to the yum remove command to explicitly define how to parse an argument: Use -n to specify the exact name of the package. Use -na to specify the exact package name and architecture. Use -nevra to specify the exact package name, epoch, version, release, and architecture. Procedure Depending on your scenario, use one of the following options to optimize the package removal process: To remove a package by using its exact name, enter: To remove a package by using its exact name and architecture, enter: To remove a package by using its exact name, epoch, version, release, and architecture, enter: 8.5. Additional resources Commands for removing content in RHEL 8 yum(8) man page on your system

Commands:
yum remove <package_name_1> <package_name_2>
yum group remove <group_name> yum remove @ <group_name>
yum group remove <group_ID>
yum module remove <module_name> : <stream> / <profile>
yum module remove php:7.3/devel (...) Dependencies resolved. ========================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ========================================================================= Removing: libzip x86_64 1.5.2-1.module+el8.1.0+3189+a1bff096 @rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 313 k php-devel x86_64 7.3.5-5.module+el8.1.0+4560+e0eee7d6 @rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 5.3 M php-pear noarch 1:1.10.9-1.module+el8.1.0+3189+a1bff096 @rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 2.1 M php-pecl-zip x86_64 1.15.4-1.module+el8.1.0+3189+a1bff096 @rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 119 k php-process x86_64 7.3.5-5.module+el8.1.0+4560+e0eee7d6 @rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 117 k Removing unused dependencies: autoconf noarch 2.69-27.el8 @rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 2.2 M Disabling module profiles: php/devel Transaction Summary ========================================================================= Remove 64 Packages Freed space: 193 M Is this ok [y/N]: y
yum module remove <module_name> : <stream>
yum module info php Name : php Stream : 7.3 [e] [a] Version : 8020020200715124551 Context : ceb1cf90 Architecture : x86_64 Profiles : common [d] [i] , devel, minimal [i] Default profiles : common Repo : rhel-AppStream Hint: [d]efault, [e]nabled, [x]disabled, [i]nstalled, [a]ctive
yum module remove --all <module_name> : <stream>
yum module remove --all php:7.3 (...) Dependencies resolved. ========================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ========================================================================= Removing: libzip x86_64 1.5.2-1.module+el8.1.0+3189+a1bff096 @rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 313 k php-cli x86_64 7.3.5-5.module+el8.1.0+4560+e0eee7d6 @rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 11 M php-common x86_64 7.3.5-5.module+el8.1.0+4560+e0eee7d6 @rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 6.5 M php-devel x86_64 7.3.5-5.module+el8.1.0+4560+e0eee7d6 @rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 5.3 M php-fpm x86_64 7.3.5-5.module+el8.1.0+4560+e0eee7d6 @rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 5.6 M php-json x86_64 7.3.5-5.module+el8.1.0+4560+e0eee7d6 @rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 53 k php-mbstring x86_64 7.3.5-5.module+el8.1.0+4560+e0eee7d6 @rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 1.9 M php-pear noarch 1:1.10.9-1.module+el8.1.0+3189+a1bff096 @rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 2.1 M php-pecl-zip x86_64 1.15.4-1.module+el8.1.0+3189+a1bff096 @rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 119 k php-process x86_64 7.3.5-5.module+el8.1.0+4560+e0eee7d6 @rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 117 k php-xml x86_64 7.3.5-5.module+el8.1.0+4560+e0eee7d6 @rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 557 k Removing unused dependencies: autoconf noarch 2.69-27.el8 @rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms 2.2 M Disabling module profiles: php/common php/devel php/minimal Transaction Summary ========================================================================= Remove 73 Packages Freed space: 220 M Is this ok [y/N]: y
yum module reset <module_name> yum module disable <module_name>
yum module info php Name : php Stream : 7.3 [e] [a] Version : 8020020200715124551 Context : ceb1cf90 Architecture : x86_64 Profiles : common [d], devel, minimal Default profiles : common Hint: [d]efault, [e]nabled, [x]disabled, [i]nstalled, [a]ctive
yum remove-n <package_name>
yum remove-na <package_name>.<architecture>
yum remove-nevra <package_name>-<epoch>:<version>-<release>.<architecture>