> $ apt-cache show gnome-core > > gnome-core is really only a meta package depending upon the stuff > ‘central to gnome’. Removing the meta package will not remove > anything else, unless you use, for example, apt-get autoremove. > > It might therefore be helpful to check the dependencies of gnome-core > and mark the important-for-you packages to be installed manually by, > for example > > # apt-get install brasero eog metacity
Thanks for the tips. Man, I would not have know this from the output you suggest apt-cache show gnome-core Claudius Hubig <nfs_2...@chubig.net> writes: > $ apt-cache show gnome-core > > gnome-core is really only a meta package depending upon the stuff > ‘central to gnome’. Removing the meta package will not remove > anything else, unless you use, for example, apt-get autoremove. > > It might therefore be helpful to check the dependencies of gnome-core > and mark the important-for-you packages to be installed manually by, > for example > > # apt-get install brasero eog metacity Thanks for the tips. The ouput you suggest is very misleading. I would not have surmised from the description it was totally non-essential. Both the first and last lines really do seem to indicate otherwise. Its first described as the `essential components' and finally we are told `It contains the official `core' modules of the gnome desktop'. ,---- | Description-en: The GNOME Desktop Environment -- essential components | These are the core components of the GNOME Desktop environment, an | intuitive and attractive desktop. | . | This meta-package depends on a basic set of programs, including a file | manager, an image viewer, a web browser, a video player and other | tools. | . | It contains the official “core” modules of the GNOME desktop. `---- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/8762fxjar4....@newsguy.com
