On 2008-02-27 02:05 +0100, Robin wrote: > On 26/02/2008, Jude DaShiell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I tried aptitude remove --purge gdm and got back a whole list of other >> packages gdm would like to remove with it including the entire gnome >> environment. I think I may just rename gdm to something else in order to >> have a possibility of getting past the application non-destructively. >> >> >> > > Checking my installation removing gdm will remove gnome-desktop-environment > which is a package rather than the whole gnome desktop. The other stuff > aptitude wants to remove is what aptitude *thinks* is no longer required. A > suggestion would to install synaptic, a graphical front-end to apt, as > your package manager which I think is clearer in a some instances.
Why that? If aptitude wants to remove these packages, this is because they were automatically installed as a dependency of gnome-desktop-environment, and the solution is simply to mark everything you would like to keep as manually installed. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
