openSUSE memo

Zypper tricks

To ensure old kernels are purged, check /etc/zypp/zypp.conf for the lines

multiversion = provides:multiversion(kernel)

and

multiversion.kernels = latest,latest-1,running

and ensure both are uncommented.
(Refer to https://lizards.opensuse.org/tag/kernel-update/)

You will possibly need to create an empty file in /boot named do_purge_kernels, then run (as root):

systemctl enable purge-kernels

Check the status by running:

systemctl status purge-kernels

If this shows inactive (dead) or not enabled, it may be simply because there are no kernels to purge.

Sort RPM packages by size

rpm -q -a --queryformat "%{SIZE}\t%{INSTALLTIME:day} \
%{BUILDTIME:day}\t %{SIZE}\t  %{ARCHIVESIZE}\t %{FILESIZES}\t %{LONGARCHIVESIZE}\t %{LONGFILESIZES}\t %{LONGSIZE}\t
%-30{NAME}\t%15{VERSION}-%-7{RELEASE}\t%{arch} \
%25{VENDOR}%25{PACKAGER} == %{DISTRIBUTION} %{DISTTAG}\n"   | sort --numeric-sort | cut --fields="2-" | tee rpmlist | less -S