Linux RedHat / CentOS / Fedora : Uninstall a package along with dependencies

If you’ve been wondering how to delete a package you mistakenly installed (or which is no longer needed) along with all its dependencies, here’s a neat way to achieve just that.

The idea is that whenever you use yum to perform some operation on packages, a transaction is created. If you installed a package along with its dependencies, then you can undo just that by undoing that transaction.

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Fedora 20 Linux + bitcoind : Setting up firewalld for running a full bitcoin node

If you feel like running a full bitcoin node on your Fedora Linux server (and it’s a great way to help the bitcoin network if you have spare capacity / bandwidth), you’ll need to update the firewalld rules in order to allow foreign nodes to connect to yours.

Here’s how…
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Facebook : How to remove an event you’ve been invited to without responding

Just because I struggle every time to find how to do that, here’s the procedure to delete an event without responding :

  1. Click on events
  2. Click on the event you want to get rid of
  3. In the guest list you’ll see yourself as well as your invited friends. There’s a cross beside your name. Click on it to remove yourself

BAM ! DONE !