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Created June 8, 2019 04:50
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Remove duplicates after a botched dnf upgrade
# Use at your own risk! You should try `dnf remove --duplicates` first. Use this as a last resort.
sudo rpm -e --nodeps $(sudo dnf check 2>/dev/null | grep duplicate | cut -f1 -d' ')
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my fault for not checking what packages this script removed before running it but it nuked my fedora install it doesn't even boot anymore. the files are fine it just removed every package it possibly could I think? anyway don't be like me check the output of sudo dnf check 2>/dev/null | grep duplicate | cut -f2 -d'"' before running rpm -e

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