how to remove the downloaded files

i used "yum upgrade" command on my fedora 5 to update my packages. After downloaded 420Mb of stuff, the system halt when it tried to updat the first package. I waited one hour and was sure it's not that it needed time. reboot, everything working fine with the old stuff. but where and how to get rid of those 420mb stuff?

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sprkymrk

I'm not in a place where I can check right now, but have you looked in the/etc/yum.conf file to see if it's mentioned in there? I know that file will list repositories, but I don't remember what other information is in it.

darwinism

man yum helps

yum clean should take care of items that build up in the cache overtime.

sprkymrk

darwinism wrote:

man yum helps

yum clean should take care of items that build up in the cache overtime.

Good answer darwinism.

If you do a "man yum" and then go to the section "Clean Options" you should find what you're looking for.

man yum wrote:

yum clean packages - Eliminate any cached packages from the system. Note that packages are not automatically deleted after they are downloaded.