On Wed, 2013-01-30 at 04:07 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2013-01-30 at 02:57 +0000, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > Yesterday I removed the meta-package of LibreOffice, and > > then installed the source package of LibreOffice 3.6.5.2. I > > now find that it wasn't fully removed as I'm still able to open and > > use documents with the old programme. > > > > So, how do I *completely* remove all of the old LibreOffice without > > removing all or most of Gnome, which I still want to have around, > > please? > > $ man apt-get > remove > remove is identical to install except that packages are > removed instead of installed. Note the removing a > package leaves its configuration files in system. If a plus > sign is appended to the package name (with no > intervening space), the identified package will be installed > instead of removed. > purge > purge is identical to remove except that packages are removed > and purged (any configuration files are deleted too). > > This metapackage installs all components of libreoffice: > > * libreoffice-writer: Word processor > * libreoffice-calc: Spreadsheet > * libreoffice-impress: Presentation > * libreoffice-draw: Drawing > * libreoffice-base: Database > * libreoffice-math: Equation editor > * libreoffice-filter-mobiledev: Mobile Devices filters > > You need to remove or purge those packages. Those packages can't depend > to the metapackage, since some users perhaps don't want to install all > packages ;), just the metapackage is dependent to all of those packages. > http://packages.debian.org/sid/libreoffice > > Regards, > Ralf
Sorry for the bad English, I guess the context does explain what I mean ;), IOW if you install the single packages, they don't need the metapackage, IOW if you remove the metapackage, you don't remove a libreoffice package, but the metapackage needs all the libreoffice packages. -- 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/1359515688.2142.57.camel@precise
