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Re: uninstall desktop environment



On Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 04:04:48PM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> is there a quick way to clear the whole desktop environment from a debian 
> system?  The upgrade from stable to testing got several broken 
> dependencies and apt-get -f install is unable to cope anymore.  A broken 
> pipe happened when xfree86-common tried to install and Xsession couldn't 
> be overwritten.

Maybe posting the exact error message when you try apt-get -f install.

Sometimes a dpkg --auto-deconfigure -i <package> or in extreme
circumstances, like this one ;-), a dpkg --force-all --install <package>
BUT read the man page for dpkg FIRST and also read dpkg --force-help |
less

You could purge the offending package then reinstall it.

-- 
Chris.
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