On 27/02/2008, Sven Joachim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > Why should you have to mark all the packages you want to keep? It is the wrong way round from a user perspective.
-- rob http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/viewTeamInfo.do?teamId=82BS4ZCMFR1
