Re: I don't want games!!!

2004-12-08 Thread Peter Nuttall
On Tuesday 07 Dec 2004 19:12, Xinjiang Lu wrote: > If I get the point, aptitude can do it for you. > > aptitude remove kdegames > > will remove all dependent packages > > I once used apt-get to remove kde, but all kde components were left > untouched. After that, every time I used aptitude, it wou

Re: I don't want games!!!

2004-12-08 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Katipo wrote: Ian R. Meinzen wrote: I am currently running sarge with both KDE and Gnome installed. I'd like to remove the games from my system (*WAY* too much temptation for someone who is already far enough behind), but I noticed that the kde and gnome-desktop-environment packages depend on t

RE: I don't want games!!!

2004-12-07 Thread Toufeeq Hussain
Hello, > > No. kde is a meta package. It just depends on things. > > To get rid of All Things KDE, I'd remove kde-core. > > # apt-get --purge remove kde-core > > Of course, since removing KDE is a Big Deal, test first: > > # apt-get --simulate --purge remove kde-core > Thanks for the info

RE: I don't want games!!!

2004-12-07 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 09:18 +0530, Toufeeq Hussain wrote: [snip] > > I have both GNOME and KDE on Sarge. > I have never used KDE and I want to remove it. > > Will `apt-get --remove kde` completely and leave the system intact? > I don't want GNOME affected in any way. No. kde is a meta package.

RE: I don't want games!!!

2004-12-07 Thread Toufeeq Hussain
Hello, > And I'm the opposite to Peter. > I don't use KDE at all. > But then, I don't use most of Gnome either. > I just install what I want, they drag in their minimal > dependencies on > install, and that's all I carry. > From Gnome, all I need are abiword and gnumeric. > I've also installed

Re: I don't want games!!!

2004-12-07 Thread Rich Rudnick
On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 16:24 -0500, William Ballard wrote: > On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 03:05:56PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 14:12 -0500, Xinjiang Lu wrote: > > > If I get the point, aptitude can do it for you. > > > > Then don't use Evil Aptitude. Good, solid apt-get won't

Re: I don't want games!!!

2004-12-07 Thread Katipo
Ian R. Meinzen wrote: I am currently running sarge with both KDE and Gnome installed. I'd like to remove the games from my system (*WAY* too much temptation for someone who is already far enough behind), but I noticed that the kde and gnome-desktop-environment packages depend on the games pack

Re: I don't want games!!!

2004-12-07 Thread William Ballard
On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 03:05:56PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 14:12 -0500, Xinjiang Lu wrote: > > If I get the point, aptitude can do it for you. > > > > aptitude remove kdegames > > > > will remove all dependent packages > > > > I once used apt-get to remove kde, but all

Re: I don't want games!!!

2004-12-07 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 14:12 -0500, Xinjiang Lu wrote: > If I get the point, aptitude can do it for you. > > aptitude remove kdegames > > will remove all dependent packages > > I once used apt-get to remove kde, but all kde components were left > untouched. After that, every time I used aptitud

Re: I don't want games!!!

2004-12-07 Thread Xinjiang Lu
If I get the point, aptitude can do it for you. aptitude remove kdegames will remove all dependent packages I once used apt-get to remove kde, but all kde components were left untouched. After that, every time I used aptitude, it would prompt me to remove a bunch of packages. ;) -Xinjiang Peter

Re: I don't want games!!!

2004-12-07 Thread Peter Nuttall
On Tuesday 07 Dec 2004 13:07, Ian R. Meinzen wrote: > I am currently running sarge with both KDE and Gnome installed. I'd > like to remove the games from my system (*WAY* too much temptation for > someone who is already far enough behind), but I noticed that the kde > and gnome-desktop-environment

Re: I don't want games!!!

2004-12-07 Thread Lex Hider
On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 07:07 -0600, Ian R. Meinzen wrote: > I am currently running sarge with both KDE and Gnome installed. I'd > like to remove the games from my system (*WAY* too much temptation for > someone who is already far enough behind), but I noticed that the kde > and gnome-desktop-enviro

Re: I don't want games!!!

2004-12-07 Thread Chris Metzler
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 07:07:24 -0600 "Ian R. Meinzen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am currently running sarge with both KDE and Gnome installed. I'd > like to remove the games from my system (*WAY* too much temptation for > someone who is already far enough behind), but I noticed that the kde > a

I don't want games!!!

2004-12-07 Thread Ian R. Meinzen
I am currently running sarge with both KDE and Gnome installed. I'd like to remove the games from my system (*WAY* too much temptation for someone who is already far enough behind), but I noticed that the kde and gnome-desktop-environment packages depend on the games packages. Is there a way to f