On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 10:56 PM, Roman Khomasuridze
<khomasuridze@gmail.com> wrote:
hello. because removal of mono will cause removal of gnome meta-package (which installs actual gnome packages e.g. rhythmbox, totem, etc.), aptitude/apt-get will think that these packages are orphan/no-more needed, but will not remove them. i had an experience like that, and it is really annoying to see that worning every time you use apt. so in future, my advise is to not use meta-packages, just install gnome-core, and then add whatever packages you want. or at least 'gnome-desktop-enviroment' meta-package is much more liberal in this case, it does not pull mono..
so answer is no. removal of mono just will mark gnome packages as orphane but not uninstall it.
hf!