On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 07:29:28PM +0200, Alexander Schmehl wrote: > Hi! > > * Eugen Rahaian <eugenrn@hotmail.com> [060409 17:52]: > > > I have a package dependency problems when I want to delete Evolution. It > > depends on gnome-desktop-environment which also depends on gnome package. > > > > So, if I delete Evolution, gnome-desktop-environment is broken. > > > > What can I do to remove Evolution ? ( I use Debian etch). > > gnome-desktop-environment is just a so called meta-package: An empty > package depending on other packages, to make it easy for you to install > a group of packages. > > Since it's empty it's not a big problem, if it's removed while > deinstalling evolution. The only drawback I could think of, that if > future upgrades of gnome-desktop-environment would install additional > packages, they won't be installed. > > You could however use equivs. Hi *, after a converstaion on #debian, I found out info about these meta-packages: gnome > gnome-desktop-environment > gnome-core and gnome-desktop-environment has a dependency for evolution. So you can remove gnome-desktop-environment, install gnome-core and just remember to add stuff that gnome-core does not have that you want to keep up to date. Cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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