Re: Can I safely remove gconf and gconf2?
On Wednesday 24 May 2006 17:18, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> I do NOT run gnome (or KDE), I use fvwm.
>
> I am trying to clean up my system and eliminate unnecessary packages.
>
> I have previously removed quite a few gnome applications, but some
> things remain.
>
> I note that gconfd-2 is running when I run top. Is this just a leftover
> from before I did my purge of gnome packages, or is it something that I
> actually need?
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> There had been three other apps (eog, gizmo-project and glame) but, as I
> am not using them, I have already uninstalled them. Is there any reason
> that I should not be able to safely remove these packages? It would
> seem that gconf and gconf2 are the only things keeping all of these libs
> around. Can I let apt remove all of this?
You do not need gconf or gconf2. You can safely purge them.
raju
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