Re: How can I delete Evolution?

[Wackojacko <wackojacko32@ntlworld.com>]

Eugen Rahaian wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is a reply to message 
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/04/msg01170.html
> (I was not on the list)
>
> Kev wrote in the above message:
> > 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
>
> I was going to delete gnome-desktop-environment but when I simulated it:
>
> # apt-get -s remove gnome-desktop-environment
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> The following packages will be REMOVED
>  gnome gnome-desktop-environment
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 165 not upgraded.
> Remv gnome [1:2.12.2.2]
> Remv gnome-desktop-environment [1:2.12.2.2]
>
> ... apt is removing gnome package also, because gnome depends on 
> gnome-desktop-environment.
>
> Is there a *simple* way  to remove gnome-desktop-environment, so I can 
> remove Evolution and  anything else I want? If not, I would just leave 
> it there.
>
> Regards,
> Eugen

AFAIK gnome and gnome-destktop-environment are just meta packages to 
simplify installation, and removing them will not remove Gnome.  If it 
did there would be more than 2 files to remove :).

HTH

Wackojacko