On Fri, 11 May 2007 12:56:48 +0200 Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 05/10/07 19:38, Eric A. Bonney wrote: > >> I have decided that I prefer the KDE interface more than Gnome. Is it > >> ok to just uninstall the entire Gnome package? Is there an easy way to > >> remove them with just a single command at the command prompt? > > > > It depends. > > > > Of course, it's not really *necessary* to get rid of GNOME: just > > stop using it. > > > > That is a solution. > > There are a lot of gnome libraries that some programs (like iceweasel) > use, so getting rid of all of gnome could be risky. > > You could try with aptitude to remove Gnome, and it should warn you > which other packages depend on ones you are trying to remove. So, you > can tell aptitude to keep those. The problem comes in knowing which > library does what. When in doubt, I would say, keep. Just use aptitude interactively, go to /Installed packages/gnome, mark everything you know you don't or don't know whether you want as automatically installed, and aptitude will work out everything for you. > Joe Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
