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remove all games from Slackware14.1 install?

new Virtualbox install . Slackware14.1 x86_64

I opted out of the kde[i] "sets" but I still have a ton of Games off the Xfce menu.
I can remove the Games menu easy enough, but that just moves them to "Other" menu.

How can I uninstall all the games?
Or will that cause (irreparable?) harm to the system?

Tips and tricks or scripts or RTFM links accepted.

Thanks.

During install, opt out of the "Y" (games) package set.

Off topic tip of the day: ditch the long signature. :)

"y" group contains some games, but certainly not all. KDE games, in particular, are not included there.

I don't think uninstalling games will break any dependencies. However, it's not clear what a "game" is. It's kind of subjective. Is xaos a game? Is emacs tetris a game? Is fortune a game? Your best bet may be to go through all apps and X apps (including DE groups such as KDE) and make a list of packages you consider "gamey".

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Originally Posted by granth (Post 5107683)

ditch the long signature.

Done.

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Originally Posted by qweasd (Post 5107715)

It's not clear what a "game" is.

Whatever shows up on the Menu > Games = "game"?

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Originally Posted by granth (Post 5107683)

Off topic tip of the day: ditch the long signature. :)

But why...?

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Originally Posted by Habitual (Post 5107732)

Done.

:mad: Now I'll have to retrain my tired eyes to spot Habitual's usually helpful posts...

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Originally Posted by astrogeek (Post 5107743)

But why...?

Oh, I suppose it's the same reason Habitual wants to ditch the kde games - excess clutter. I'm getting old... get off my lawn! :-P

Back on topic...

Back in 14.0, there was a kdegames package you could simply remove. Now, they're separated into individual packages for each game. Have fun finding all of them, and don't forget the shared libraries!

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Originally Posted by granth (Post 5107748)

Oh, I suppose it's the same reason Habitual wants to ditch the kde games - excess clutter. I'm getting old... get off my lawn! :-P

When you are as old and blind as I am and can only make out shapes you appreciate large colorful clutter! (All in good humor, back on topic...)

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Originally Posted by Habitual (Post 5107663)

What games are those? If you've not installed kdegames, and the y/ series (bsdgames) doesn't have anything to provide to an Xfce menu, that leaves you with the xgames package. There should be no harm in removing that. The classic X games and toys might be separate packages. xeyes has it's own package, for instance.

If you're just trying to remove games from the Xfce menu without removing the packages, shortcuts that go in them are somewhere in /usr/share, usually /usr/share/applications. They're the files with the .desktop extension, though not all such files are necessarily destined to be desktop icons. As long as the shortcuts are there, something will get around to finding them, which might explain why the icons ended up in the "Other" menu. There are some xdg tools (perhaps xdg-desktop-menu) to do manual updates, but my use has been random poking at it until it does what I want by coincidence. It helps when I somehow botch an install or uninstall.

Some of you may ask "why" I want to remove the games?

I never bring a knife to a gunfight.
Same reason I don't drink light beer or decaf coffee.

It's a Desktop Workstation.
When it comes to games, I'll buy a console.

I'm a no-nonsense kind of guy.
Option A: You give me the ring.
Option B: I make you give me the ring.

They're .desktop items under /usr/share/applications/kde4/

I think I'll breeze through some of the install options again, today.
What causes me to wonder is why the games are installed if kde[i] is de-selected.
That is the real question in my mind.

Thanks for your help and the witty banter. :)

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Originally Posted by Habitual (Post 5108138)

[...] why the games are installed if kde[i] is de-selected.
That is the real question in my mind.

Are you sure that these games come from the KDE series? This would be really weird if you actually didn't install them...

From ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackwar...ent/README.TXT :
"KDEI: The KDE internationalization package series."
Do not have the KDEI series does not mean not having games from the KDE series.
But are you using XFCE?

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Originally Posted by Habitual (Post 5107663)

I opted out of the kde[i] "sets" but I still have a ton of Games off the Xfce menu.

If you will use XFCE why install KDE at all?

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Originally Posted by granth (Post 5107683)

During install, opt out of the "Y" (games) package set.

+1 and Thanks.
3 games left which are Xaos, xboard and eboard

Code:

slackpkg remove gnuchess-6.0.3-x86_64-2

slackpkg remove xaos-3.5-x86_64-1

removes those.
and finally the X games package goes too:

Code:

slackpkg remove xgames-0.3-x86_64-4

and the Games Menu is gone.

Thanks to everyone for the support.

Well, this is "cute"

Code:

slackpkg -dialog=off -batch=on -default_answer=no install-new

Looking for NEW packages to install. Please wait... DONE

Code:

audiocd-kio-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

bomber-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

bovo-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

calligra-l10n-cs-2.7.4-noarch-1.txz

calligra-l10n-ia-2.7.4-noarch-1.txz

calligra-l10n-tr-2.7.4-noarch-1.txz

dragon-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

granatier-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

juk-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

kapman-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

katomic-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

kblackbox-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

kblocks-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

kbounce-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

kbreakout-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

kde-base-artwork-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

kdevelop-php-1.5.2-x86_64-1.txz

kdevelop-php-docs-1.5.2-x86_64-1.txz

kdiamond-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

kfourinline-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

kgoldrunner-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

kigo-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

killbots-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

kio-mtp-fae62fc_20121225git-x86_64-1.txz

kiriki-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

kjumpingcube-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

klickety-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

klines-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

kmahjongg-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

kmines-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

kmix-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

knavalbattle-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

knetwalk-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

kolf-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

kollision-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

konquest-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

kpat-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

kreversi-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

kross-interpreters-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

kscreen-1.0-x86_64-1.txz

kshisen-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

ksirk-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

ksnakeduel-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

kspaceduel-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

ksquares-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

ksudoku-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

ktuberling-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

kubrick-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

libkcddb-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

libkcompactdisc-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

libkdegames-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

libkmahjongg-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

libkscreen-1.0-x86_64-1.txz

lskat-4.10.5-x86_64-2.txz

nepomuk-core-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

nepomuk-widgets-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

oxygen-gtk3-1.2.0-x86_64-1.txz

pairs-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

palapeli-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

picmi-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

print-manager-4.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

Total package(s): 61

The very same packages I chose NOT to install or have removed manually.

Grrr. ;)

Blacklisting kde in /etc/slackpkg/blacklist "fixed" that.

Now we have only
Looking for NEW packages to install. Please wait... DONE

Code:

calligra-l10n-cs-2.7.4-noarch-1.txz

calligra-l10n-ia-2.7.4-noarch-1.txz

calligra-l10n-tr-2.7.4-noarch-1.txz

All of a sudden I am even more "hands-on" than I was.

Could be worse

I found several packages:

bomber
granatier
kbounce
lskat
kollision
kspaceduel
kgoldrunner
ksnakeduel
kpat
kmines
knavalbattle
kapman

No thanks for the completely useless post, and that 3.5 years after the topic was closed. Way to go!
The OP said he did not install KDE. What you mention are all KDE games.