Jude DaShiell wrote: > is there a quick way to clear the whole desktop environment from a debian > system? The upgrade from stable to testing got several broken > dependencies and apt-get -f install is unable to cope anymore. A broken > pipe happened when xfree86-common tried to install and Xsession couldn't > be overwritten.
If you used aptitude to install the desktop environment, then selecting it for removal should remove all the packages automatically installed due to dependencies. If you didn't, aptitude can still help. Enter the interactive mode by typing just 'aptitude' with no arguments. Go to the package you apt-get installed (whether it be gnome-desktop-environment or kde or whatever), and open up the package description by hitting enter. All of the dependencies will be listed. Simply mark them for removal (or purge). For each package, check that it's a metapackage or desktop package that you are really removing, because if you dig down deep enough in the dependencies, you'll get to essentials like libc6. Alternately, you could use dpkg --get-selections > my_selections.txt, then edit my_selections.txt, changing install to deinstall for each package you want to get rid of. Then, run dpkg --set-selections < my_selections.txt. Once your selections are set, run dpkg -a. Someone else on this list may know of a better way. Hope that helps, Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
