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Removing older OneAPI installations

RGaelzer
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‎07-01-2026 12:12 PM
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Using OneAPI suite (C/C++ and Fortran compilers) in Fedora Linux 44.

I have been upgrading the OneAPI suite via the rpm/dnf package manager from Intel's repository. 

Every time a new upgrade is installed (the latest is version 2026.1), the older versions are not removed. Right now, on my laptop I have different versions starting from 2021.  I don't actually use these older versions and so I thought of removing them.   However, when I tried to remove the 2021 packages, the automatic dependency check included packs from newer versions, up to 2026.0, and that actually prevented me from completing the removal.

Is there any safe way to remove older versions?  If not, I will simply keep them, since I don't really have disk space issues right now.

 

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MarcGrodent
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‎07-02-2026 01:04 AM
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I've never tried deleting old versions. If you don't have any issues with disk space, I wouldn't recommend it.

Also, keep in mind that the old Fortran compiler "ifort" is no more distributed by Intel. Intel oneAPI version 2024.2.0 is the last one that includes ifort. So, by deleting old versions, you run the risk of no longer having ifort (particularly if you still need to compile 32-bit applications).

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