# Is it safe to erase old ondemand-gem RPMs?

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**Created:** [July 25, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/is-it-safe-to-erase-old-ondemand-gem-rpms/2202 "2022-07-25T18:18:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![ric](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/ric/32/63_2.png) [@ric](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/ric)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/is-it-safe-to-erase-old-ondemand-gem-rpms/2202/1 "2022-07-25T18:18:50Z")

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I have a plethera of older ondemand-gem rpms, going back to 1.7.11-1.7.11-1.el7.x86\_64. Is there any reason to keep all these old gem RPMs around?

Nothing outside of OpenOnDemand uses ruby on my OOD servers.

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**Author:** ![gbyrket](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/gbyrket/32/894_2.png) [@gbyrket](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/gbyrket)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/is-it-safe-to-erase-old-ondemand-gem-rpms/2202/2 "2022-07-25T18:55:26Z")

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If you are running 2.0.x, I would say you should be safe. If we have dependencies on those old RPMS, then we have a huge problem.

The RPMs are built as a stand alone unit base on Release number. you should be good to remove the old ones.

Please let us know if it causes you problems. 😉

Thanks,  
-gerald

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**Author:** ![ric](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/ric/32/63_2.png) [@ric](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/ric)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/is-it-safe-to-erase-old-ondemand-gem-rpms/2202/3 "2022-07-26T13:59:35Z")

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I removed the following with no ill effects, so the asnwer appears to be “yes, safe to remove”.

````auto
ondemand-gems-1.7.11-1.7.11-1.el7.x86_64
ondemand-gems-1.8.12-1.8.12-1.el7.x86_64
ondemand-gems-1.8.20-1.8.20-1.el7.x86_64
ondemand-gems-1.8.18-1.8.18-1.el7.x86_64
ondemand-gems-1.7.14-1.7.14-1.el7.x86_64
ondemand-gems-1.7.18-1.7.18-1.el7.x86_64
ondemand-gems-2.0.16-2.0.16-1.el7.x86_64
ondemand-gems-2.0.17-2.0.17-1.el7.x86_64
ondemand-gems-2.0.18-2.0.18-1.el7.x86_64
ondemand-gems-2.0.13-2.0.13-1.el7.x86_64```
````

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**Author:** ![gbyrket](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/gbyrket/32/894_2.png) [@gbyrket](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/gbyrket)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/is-it-safe-to-erase-old-ondemand-gem-rpms/2202/4 "2022-07-26T14:18:40Z")

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Thanks for the follow up Ric!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/osc/original/2X/b/bae70bd0ed39a3ae769c2108155f4cb3e9da8385.png) [@system](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/is-it-safe-to-erase-old-ondemand-gem-rpms/2202/5 "2023-01-22T14:19:37Z")

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