1. Open terminal Applications -> System Tools -> Terminal.
2. Execute su - command to make sure you have every priviledged to remove Fedora package from the system.
[fedora@fedora120 ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@fedora120 ~]#
3. Execute package-cleanup --orphans to list all leftover orphans packages
[root@fedora120 ~]# package-cleanup --orphans
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* fedora: mirror.nus.edu.sg
* rpmfusion-free: mirror.us.leaseweb.net
* rpmfusion-free-updates: mirror.us.leaseweb.net
* rpmfusion-nonfree: mirror.us.leaseweb.net
* rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirror.us.leaseweb.net
* updates: mirror.nus.edu.sg
dbus-cxx-0.7.0-2.fc14.1.i686
dbus-cxx-devel-0.7.0-2.fc14.1.i686
dbus-cxx-doc-0.7.0-2.fc14.1.noarch
dbus-cxx-glibmm-0.7.0-2.fc14.1.i686
dbus-cxx-glibmm-devel-0.7.0-2.fc14.1.i686
dbus-cxx-tools-0.7.0-2.fc14.1.i686
kernel-PAE-3.3.6-3.fc16.i686
kernel-PAE-3.3.7-1.fc16.i686
kernel-PAE-devel-3.3.6-3.fc16.i686
kernel-PAE-devel-3.3.7-1.fc16.i686
pyxf86config-0.3.37-10.fc15.i686
tamil-typing-booster-0.9.0-1.fc16.noarch
telepathy-butterfly-0.5.15-4.fc16.noarch
tomcat5-jasper-eclipse-5.5.31-3.fc15.noarch
xmldb-api-0.1-0.5.20011111cvs.2.fc15.noarch
xmldb-api-sdk-0.1-0.5.20011111cvs.2.fc15.noarch
4. Then execute yum remove [package name 1] [package name 2] [e.t.c.] to remove orphans package from the system... e.g. (easier to just copy the package name from above command and paste it here)
[root@fedora120 ~]# yum remove dbus-cxx-0.7.0-2.fc14.1.i686 dbus-cxx-devel-0.7.0-2.fc14.1.i686 dbus-cxx-doc-0.7.0-2.fc14.1.noarch dbus-cxx-glibmm-0.7.0-2.fc14.1.i686 dbus-cxx-glibmm-devel-0.7.0-2.fc14.1.i686 dbus-cxx-tools-0.7.0-2.fc14.1.i686 kernel-PAE-3.3.6-3.fc16.i686 kernel-PAE-3.3.7-1.fc16.i686 kernel-PAE-devel-3.3.6-3.fc16.i686 kernel-PAE-devel-3.3.7-1.fc16.i686 pyxf86config-0.3.37-10.fc15.i686 tamil-typing-booster-0.9.0-1.fc16.noarch telepathy-butterfly-0.5.15-4.fc16.noarch tomcat5-jasper-eclipse-5.5.31-3.fc15.noarch xmldb-api-0.1-0.5.20011111cvs.2.fc15.noarch xmldb-api-sdk-0.1-0.5.20011111cvs.2.fc15.noarch
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