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Re: Network Manager cannot be removed



On 2009-08-30 20:47 +0200, JoeHill wrote:

> This is going to drive me nuts.
>
> I've removed Network Manager in the past because it causes no end of trouble,
> especially because it never seems to think I'm connected to the Internet, so
> everything starts in 'offline' mode.
>
> Major Gnome update today, and sure enough, Network Manager is installed again.
> This time however, I cannot remove it without removing Gnome.
>
> Can someone please tell me how I can permanently, and with great malice,
> annihilate Network Manager once and for all?

Remove the gnome metapackage.  Make sure to mark everything it depends
on and which you want to keep as "manually installed".

Sven


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