Uninstall package from Gnome without uninstalling Gnome itself
Does anyone know how to take care of this? (I have no idea how to get rid of an application included in Gnome without uninstalling Gnome itself). In the following example I want to uninstall mail client Evolution:
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gacanepa@Gabriel-PC:~$ sudo aptitude purge evolution I take it must be an option in aptitude... just don't know which one. Thanks a lot in advance! |
What is the advantage to removing Evolution from Gnome?
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You don't mention what distribution of Linux you are using, and that could be a crucial bit of information as to the exact procedures to follow.
This thread from the Mint forums might help; if it does not, please post more information, such as the distro and the version of Gnome: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopi...ackage#p356322 |
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PS: I am using Debian Squeeze 64 bits. |
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gacanepa@Gabriel-PC:~$ gnome-about --gnome-version |
Hi,
gnome, gnome-core, gnome-desktop-environment etc are "metapackages". They don't really contain anything, they just depend on other packages. You can confirm this by listing the files in each package package. Eg run: Code:
dpkg -L gnome-desktop-environment HTH, Evo2. |
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Evolution is a "dependency" of Gnome. There is no benefit (and possibly undesired bad effects) to removing it. For example you might not realize it, but Evolution is used to display the calendar that drops down when you click the clock at the top right of your Gnome toolbar.
An analogy: I don't smoke. I don't need my car's cigarette lighter. But removing my car's cigarette lighter won't make my car run any faster or more reliably. Maybe it is connected to something else important, and yanking it out would have an unexpected effect on the wiring. Easier just to leave it there and not use it. :) |
ps Arch Linux has a very different packaging philosophy than Debian and separates gnome and gnome-extra. If you are a minimalist, you may find Arch more satisfying:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME |
Hi,
you may have had apt set up to uninstall automatically installed packages. For example if you install gnome-desktop-environment a whole bunch of programs will be installed "automatically" because gnome-desktop-environment depends on them. These packages included programs that you actually wanted. Anyway apt-get will tell you exactly what it is going to remove, so it should be ok. Finally if it does remove something that you want you can reinstall it. Evo2. PS I just noticed, that you are using aptitude: apt-get is currently the recommended tool for non-interactive commandline package management. See the Package management section of the release notes. http://www.debian.org/releases/squee...n.html#pkgmgmt |
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