Re: Package removal dependencies
On 31/08/11 21:02, Bruno Martins wrote:
Hello guys.
Is there any way to avoid this? Imagine that I simply want to remove the
evolution package.
root@sputnik:/home/joe# apt-get remove evolution
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree������
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
required:
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sound-juicer libmusicbrainz3-6
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
Don't worry about the autoremove stuff (unless you actually want to
remove those packages - they'll still function)
The following packages will be REMOVED:
� evolution evolution-exchange gnome gnome-accessibility gnome-core
gnome-desktop-environment
gnome is a meta package that pulls in evolution - which is why removing
evolution removes gnome(meta-gnome-2).
I'd go ahead with the removal - but I'd log out of the desktop first and
use a console login from gdm as root.
I'm assuming that your original packages are still in
/var/cache/apt/archives
After:-
# apt-get remove evolution
# apt-get -s install gnome-desktop-environment | less
and make sure gnome-core is going to be installed - add in
gnome-accessibility if you want. If everything looks ok and evolution is
not being reinstalled remove the -s and run the install. You might want
to add your desired mua to the start of the list of packages being
installed (before gnome-desktop-environment).
Also consider:-
# apt-get -s remove evolution > /root/remove_evolution
so that you've got a reference in case you have problems building your
custom gnome.
This will show you dependencies and suggested packages:-
http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/gnome
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This doesn't happen on Debian-based distributions such as Ubuntu,
neither in Fedora.
apropos of what? (and you are mistaken about Ubuntu)
Best regards,
Bruno Martins
Cheers
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