On Saturday 21 Apr 2012 19:39:56 ny6...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 09:45:49AM +0200, Florian Philipp wrote: > > Am 21.04.2012 05:27, schrieb ??????: > > > I just install the xfce a few days ago, But i find i didn't like it . > > > So i want to remove it and install the Gnome . How can i remove the > > > xfce clearly ? > > > > Gnome and Xfce share many libraries. Therefore it is best to install > > Gnome first, before removing Xfce. Otherwise you will remove libraries > > which you will later re-emerge for Gnome. > > > > Then you need to configure your display manager (kdm, gdm, xdm) to use > > Gnome instead of Xfce. Kdm and Gdm should allow you to do that directly > > on the login screen. > > > > When you are satisfied with Gnome, edit /var/lib/portage/world and > > remove every line containing an Xfce package. Then run `emerge -av > > --depclean` and you are done. > > > > You could continue to remove config files but that is usually not worth > > the trouble. > > > > Hope this helps, > > Florian Philipp > > Do I understand you correctly that it is not necessary to run emerge > -unmerge first before removing the atoms from @world and running emerge > --depclean? > > Terry
Yes. The --depclean option will remove any packages that are not in /var/lib/portage/world and are not dependencies of other installed packages already in /var/lib/portage/world. -- Regards, Mick
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