On Sat 26 Sep 2015 at 20:22:58 +0300, Karagkiaouris Diamantis wrote: > You mean that i have to do a minimal install of debian without adding the > metapackage on installation and then add gnome manually? Is there any info / > guide on this? No. I mean that that packages which 'apt-get autoremove' wants to remove can be left untouched by marking them as manually installed. apt-mark is a useful program for this.