On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 16:01 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-08-17 15:28, AG wrote: > [snip] > > > > Considered doing that, but without some switch magik, apt wants to > > remove the whole kit and kaboodle of GNOME, which is not what I wanted. > > > > So, although the most obvious solution, it won't work. > > That's odd... > > # apt-get -s purge gnome-screensaver > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > The following packages were automatically installed and are no > longer required: > rss-glx > Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. > The following packages will be REMOVED: > gnome-screensaver* > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 151 not upgraded. > Purg gnome-screensaver [2.26.1-2] > > > But then, I don't have gdm or the meta-packages gnome and > gnome-desktop-environment installed, either. > > -- > Featuring GRATUITOUS ALIEN NUDITY > >
Based on my experiences with this, gnome-desktop-environment requires gnome-screensaver; however, you can remove remove the DE and gnome-screensaver and continue to use gnome. Simply reinstall any desired packages that are removed with the DE. HTH Tom Ashley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
