Re: Removing Gnome
On Fri, 11 May 2007 12:56:48 +0200
Joe Hart <j.hart@orange.nl> wrote:
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> Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On 05/10/07 19:38, Eric A. Bonney wrote:
> >> I have decided that I prefer the KDE interface more than Gnome. Is it
> >> ok to just uninstall the entire Gnome package? Is there an easy way to
> >> remove them with just a single command at the command prompt?
> >
> > It depends.
> >
> > Of course, it's not really *necessary* to get rid of GNOME: just
> > stop using it.
> >
>
> That is a solution.
>
> There are a lot of gnome libraries that some programs (like iceweasel)
> use, so getting rid of all of gnome could be risky.
>
> You could try with aptitude to remove Gnome, and it should warn you
> which other packages depend on ones you are trying to remove. So, you
> can tell aptitude to keep those. The problem comes in knowing which
> library does what. When in doubt, I would say, keep.
Just use aptitude interactively, go to /Installed packages/gnome, mark
everything you know you don't or don't know whether you want as
automatically installed, and aptitude will work out everything for you.
> Joe
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