Re: apt-get foolishness
On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 16:35, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
> Could someone please explain to me why, when I try to remove all gnome
> libraries, it tries to install a whole whack of s**t?
>
> I find this _very_ confusing and non-intuitive. I want it to remove.
> Remove, not install. Remove!
Have you checked "apt-cache show" to follow dependencies?
apt-get isn't doing this at random...
What is your ultimate goal? Remove Gnome 1.4 from the system?
My guess is that since _many_ packages are dependent on libgnome*
in one way or another, you many have to start out by pruning off
the "top level" packages before reaching down to the foundational
libraries.
> pmerd071:~# apt-get --purge remove "libgnome*"
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Note, selecting libgnome-pilot1-dev instead of libgnome-pilot-dev
> The following extra packages will be installed:
> bonobo-activation gconf2 gnome-terminal gnome-vfs-extfs gnomemeeting
> libart-2.0-2 libatk1.0-0
> libbonobo-activation4 libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common libbonoboui2-0
> libbonoboui2-common
> libgconf2-4 libgcrypt1 libglade2-0 libglib2.0-0 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-common
> libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common
> libgnomevfs2-0
> libgnomevfs2-common libgnutls4 libgtk-common libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-common
> liblinc1
> libopenh323-1.9.3 liborbit2 libpango-common libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-common
> libpt-1.3.3
> libsdl1.2debian libsdl1.2debian-oss libzvt2.0-0 rep-gtk rep-gtk-gnome
> sawfish sawfish-gnome
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> galeon* galeon-common* gdkxft-capplet* gnome-applets* gnome-bin*
> gnome-control-center*
> gnome-core* gnome-help* gnome-libs-data* gnome-media* gnome-panel*
> gnome-panel-data*
> gnome-pilot* gnome-session* gnotepad+* gnotepad+-help* gpgp* gtkdiff*
> libcamel0* libcapplet0*
> libeel-data* libeel0* libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2* libgdkxft0* libglade-gnome0*
> libgnome-pilot1*
> libgnome-vfs-common* libgnome-vfs0* libgnome32* libgnomeprint-bin*
> libgnomeprint-data*
> libgnomeprint15* libgnomesupport0* libgnomeui32* libgnorba27* xscreensaver*
> xscreensaver-gnome*
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> bonobo-activation gconf2 gnome-vfs-extfs libart-2.0-2 libatk1.0-0
> libbonobo-activation4
> libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-common
> libgconf2-4 libgcrypt1
> libglade2-0 libglib2.0-0 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-common libgnomecanvas2-0
> libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common libgnomevfs2-0
> libgnomevfs2-common
> libgnutls4 libgtk-common libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-common liblinc1
> libopenh323-1.9.3 liborbit2
> libpango-common libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-common libpt-1.3.3 libsdl1.2debian
> libsdl1.2debian-oss libzvt2.0-0 sawfish
> The following packages will be upgraded
> gnome-terminal gnomemeeting rep-gtk rep-gtk-gnome sawfish-gnome
> 5 packages upgraded, 37 newly installed, 37 to remove and 22 not upgraded.
> Need to get 13.5MB of archives. After unpacking 21.4MB will be freed.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
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