On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:15:02 -0800 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 09:01:29PM +0000, John K Masters wrote: > > <chicken>I haven't tried anything yet.</chicken> I'm using apt-get > > as I've never really got along with aptitude. Installation was done > > with a netinstall CD and just desktop environment chosen. Not that > > bothered about keeping or removing sound-juicer but would just like > > to keep things tidy. > > in that case, relax. you *should* notice that removing sound-juicer > removes a package called "gnome-desktop-environment" but that should > be about it. As long as it isn't also removing thinks like > "xserver-xorg-core" or other equally scary packages, you'll be > fine. gnome-desktop-environment is a meta-package. It doesn't not > acutally contain anything, but it depends on a bunch of other stuff > that will build a full desktop environment. By removing one of these > pieces, you no longer satisfy all the dependencies for that > meta-package so it gets removed too. But, the *rest* ofthe > dependencies from that meta-package should remain intact. Thanks! Seems to have worked > Just read carefully before you hit 'y'. I (nearly) always do. Just a thought. Being informed that gnome-desktop-environment is being removed would tend to scare the pants off most people, me included. Would it not be better to call these meta-packages something like gnome-desktop-environment-meta or important-sounding-package-safetoremove. Just my 0.03 euros worth. Regards -- John K Masters - User #417400 in the Linux Counter http://counter.li.org/ No trees were killed in the creation of this message. However, many electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
