On Mon, 2002-05-27 at 11:00, Raider wrote: > Hello! > > I really dislike Nautilus. No disrespect for the guys who build it. > But I don't like it. And even if I'd like it, it is too fat and slow > for my system (a K6-2@300Mhz). > > Now I want to take it off my system. This is the result of an > interesting chain of events. So. I run MDK8.2 but my galeon seems to > be broken. I tracked the problem back to Mozilla. I want to upgrade > Mozilla but the dependencies won't let me as nautilus-mozilla depends on > that particular version. nautilus-mozilla is in turn vital for > nautillus and to make things worse this leads to uninstalling > gnome-core. I'm talking here about rpm packs of course. > > Now, is there some vital link between Gnome 1.4 and Nautilus? Link that > could make my system fail to work properly? Or I can try my luck and > force an uninstall?
Raider, I couldn't agree with you more about Nautilus. I've got a solution, but it probably won't be what you want to hear. The way I trim the system down during install is to deselect all group packages except for KDE Workstation. Then I go to the individual package list and go thru the entire package listing, picking out what I'd like to have. If any package that I'm considering installing turns out to require gnome-core, I immediately decide that I don't want it. Most importantly I select Enlightenment window manager and get esound support installed for all multimedia packages (xmms for an example). Later, when Enlightenment is brought up I enable kde support for E and volia! I instantly have access to all kde apps; including konqueror, which also functions as a file manager. If you do it that way, none of the gnome bloat will get into your system. If konqueror isn't your speed, you can always pick another file manager from some others listed in the email archives. I believe Femme was looking for an alternative some time back, she may have settled on a solution. As for breaking stuff...if your dependencies to gnome-core are involving some important apps that you use everyday, you are looking at trouble. If it was me, I'd back up my data to CDRW and reinstall with the above procedure; and sidestep any future apps that required gnome-core. Sorry my response was not more helpful. LX -- ��������������������������������������������������� Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5 Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ ���������������������������������������������������
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