On 28 Apr 2011, at 19:47, Vincent Cheng wrote: > > Try as I may I can't get rid of chess on my system. > > Removing gnuchess INSTALLS xboard. > Removing xboard INSTALLS gnuchess. > > apt-get purge should REMOVE, not INSTALL your software > > > $ aptitude why xboard > i gnome Depends gnome-games (>= 1:2.30) > i A gnome-games Depends gnuchess | hoichess | bbchess | crafty | fruit > i A gnuchess Suggests xboard | eboard > $ aptitude why gnuchess > i gnome Depends gnome-games (>= 1:2.30) > i A gnome-games Depends gnuchess | hoichess | bbchess | crafty | fruit > > If you want to remove both xboard and gnuchess from your system, you'd have > to purge gnome-games as well, and get rid of the gnome meta-package while > you're at it.
Could that restriction be lifted, please? I want to keep the other games, but want to remove chess. Thanks. -Nigel
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