can yum remove old packages?

[sean]

Claude Jones wrote:

> 
> You might want to take a look at Synaptic package manager. It will warn you of 
> the duplicate packages when you run it. It presents a nice graphical 
> interface that lets you quickly see the packages, select the old ones, and 
> remove. It will be still be tedious given what you say a couple of posts 
> later, but, perhaps less so than the command line method. 

Great idea, but I connect to this machine over telnet :(

I need a command line tool

sean