Introducing Tidy YUM Cache Plugin - a software designed to clean and organize YUM cache files on Linux systems. It efficiently removes outdated or unused cache files, reducing disk space usage and improving system performance. With just a few clicks, users can optimize their system and avoid encountering upgrade issues.
Tidy-cache is a YUM plugin that allows Linux users to manage their cache of RPM files easily. With the help of tidy-cache, one can control the size of the cache directory by deleting old RPM packages files. It is a handy utility that deletes outdated RPM package files from the YUM cache directories. The best part is that the plugin automatically deletes package files if newer versions of the RPM package are available in the cache.
To use tidy-cache, you only need to integrate it into YUM's clean command; to do this, invoke YUM in the following method: yum clean plugins. The plugin displays a list of RPM packages it considers suitable for deletion and then asks for confirmation before deleting any of them from the file system. However, if you don't want the confirmation message to appear, use the -y command-line option.
It's important to note that the plugin only searches for package files in the cache directories of enabled repositories. To get started with tidy-cache, decompress the package and copy the tidy-cache.py file into the YUM plugin directory. You can find this directory on Fedora Linux, located at /usr/lib/yum-plugins. If you can't find the directory on your system, refer to the YUM documentation to locate where plugins are saved.
Like all YUM plugins, configuration options are stored in a plain text file in a specific directory. On Fedora Linux, this directory can be found at /etc/yum/pluginconf.d. You'll find a sample configuration file called tidy-cache.conf included in the package; copy it to the configuration directory as well.
To use the tidy-cache plugin and its configuration file on the command-line, follow the example below. Remember, you may need root permission to copy files to system directories:
cd /tmp
tar xzf tidy-cache.tar.gz
cp tidy-cache/*.py /usr/lib/yum-plugins/
cp tidy-cache/*.conf /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/.
Overall, tidy-cache is an outstanding plugin for those who need help managing their cache of RPM files. With easy installation and configuration, it's a useful utility that shouldn't be overlooked.
To use tidy-cache, you only need to integrate it into YUM's clean command; to do this, invoke YUM in the following method: yum clean plugins. The plugin displays a list of RPM packages it considers suitable for deletion and then asks for confirmation before deleting any of them from the file system. However, if you don't want the confirmation message to appear, use the -y command-line option.
It's important to note that the plugin only searches for package files in the cache directories of enabled repositories. To get started with tidy-cache, decompress the package and copy the tidy-cache.py file into the YUM plugin directory. You can find this directory on Fedora Linux, located at /usr/lib/yum-plugins. If you can't find the directory on your system, refer to the YUM documentation to locate where plugins are saved.
Like all YUM plugins, configuration options are stored in a plain text file in a specific directory. On Fedora Linux, this directory can be found at /etc/yum/pluginconf.d. You'll find a sample configuration file called tidy-cache.conf included in the package; copy it to the configuration directory as well.
To use the tidy-cache plugin and its configuration file on the command-line, follow the example below. Remember, you may need root permission to copy files to system directories:
cd /tmp
tar xzf tidy-cache.tar.gz
cp tidy-cache/*.py /usr/lib/yum-plugins/
cp tidy-cache/*.conf /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/.
Overall, tidy-cache is an outstanding plugin for those who need help managing their cache of RPM files. With easy installation and configuration, it's a useful utility that shouldn't be overlooked.
What's New
Version 1198: N/A