Re: Manually installed packages (was: Uninstalling Gnome)

On 11/29/16, David Wright wrote: > On Tue 29 Nov 2016 at 23:45:51 (+), Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> >> If I run `apt-mark showmanual', a list of packages is ouput that are >> supposed >> to have been manually installed on my system but that actually I don't at >> all >>

Re: Uninstalling Gnome

On 11/29/2016 8:12 AM, Rodolfo Medina wrote: I wonder if it's possible to provide Debian a set A of packages and say: `please install these and only these and remove all the other packages present on the disk except the ones from which some of A depends.' This would be equivalent of

Re: Manually installed packages (was: Uninstalling Gnome)

On Tue 29 Nov 2016 at 23:45:51 (+), Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Rodolfo Medina writes: > > > When I freshly installed Debian on my present system, I chose Gnome as my > > Desktop manager, then I switched to Openbox. To free space, now I want to > > remove all those

Manually installed packages (was: Uninstalling Gnome)

Rodolfo Medina writes: > When I freshly installed Debian on my present system, I chose Gnome as my > Desktop manager, then I switched to Openbox. To free space, now I want to > remove all those Gnome packages that I haven't used any more but am not sure > what of them

Re: Uninstalling Gnome

On 2016-11-29, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Liam O'Toole writes: > >> On 2016-11-29, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >>> Liam O'Toole writes: >>> On 2016-11-28, Rodolfo Medina

Re: Uninstalling Gnome

On Tue 29 Nov 2016 at 17:45:39 +, Joe wrote: > On Tue, 29 Nov 2016 16:12:52 + > Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > > Patrick Bartek writes: > > > > > On Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:11:37 + Rodolfo Medina > > > wrote: > > >

Re: Uninstalling Gnome

On Tue 29 Nov 2016 at 09:11:37 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Brian writes: > > > On Mon 28 Nov 2016 at 21:44:00 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > > >> When I freshly installed Debian on my present system, I chose Gnome as my > >> Desktop manager, then I switched to

Re: Uninstalling Gnome

On Tue, 29 Nov 2016 16:12:52 + Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Patrick Bartek writes: > > > On Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:11:37 + Rodolfo Medina > > wrote: > > > >> Brian writes: > >> > >> > On Mon

Re: Uninstalling Gnome

Liam O'Toole writes: > On 2016-11-29, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> Liam O'Toole writes: >> >>> On 2016-11-28, Rodolfo Medina wrote: Hi all Debian users. When I freshly installed

Re: Uninstalling Gnome

On 2016-11-29, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Liam O'Toole writes: > >> On 2016-11-28, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >>> Hi all Debian users. >>> >>> When I freshly installed Debian on my present system, I chose Gnome >>> as my

Re: Uninstalling Gnome

On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 04:12:52PM +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: Patrick Bartek writes: On Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:11:37 + Rodolfo Medina wrote: Brian writes: > On Mon 28 Nov 2016 at 21:44:00 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote:

Re: Uninstalling Gnome

Patrick Bartek writes: > On Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:11:37 + Rodolfo Medina > wrote: > >> Brian writes: >> >> > On Mon 28 Nov 2016 at 21:44:00 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> > >> >> When I freshly installed Debian on my

Re: Uninstalling Gnome

In the days of yore, when GNOME was just version 2 point something, it used to be possible to rip out (most of) GNOME with a simple apt-get remove libgnome2-common. This would leave a few things lying around, but not enough for most people to worry about. I have no idea how to do the analogous

Re: Uninstalling Gnome

On Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:11:37 + Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Brian writes: > > > On Mon 28 Nov 2016 at 21:44:00 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > > >> When I freshly installed Debian on my present system, I chose > >> Gnome as my Desktop manager,

Re: Uninstalling Gnome

Rodolfo Medina writes: > When I freshly installed Debian on my present system, I chose Gnome as my > Desktop manager, then I switched to Openbox. To free space, now I want to > remove all those Gnome packages that I haven't used any more but am not sure > what of them

Re: Uninstalling Gnome

rhkra...@gmail.com writes: > On Tuesday, November 29, 2016 08:02:48 AM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: >> On Tuesday, November 29, 2016 04:11:37 AM Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> > Thanks. But, my question is: how can I be sure and safe that doing so >> > will not perturbing my system? >> >> From the

Re: Uninstalling Gnome

Rodolfo Medina writes: > Curt writes: > >> On 2016-11-29, Curt wrote: >>> On 2016-11-29, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > See the deborphan package. It is useful for trimming unwanted (and > unneeded)

Re: Uninstalling Gnome

On Tuesday, November 29, 2016 08:02:48 AM rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Tuesday, November 29, 2016 04:11:37 AM Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > Thanks. But, my question is: how can I be sure and safe that doing so > > will not perturbing my system? > > From the peanut gallery--I don't think you can--I

Re: Uninstalling Gnome

Curt writes: > On 2016-11-29, Curt wrote: >> On 2016-11-29, Rodolfo Medina wrote: See the deborphan package. It is useful for trimming unwanted (and unneeded) packages from your system. >>> >>> I ran `deborphan --guess-all'

Re: Uninstalling Gnome

On Tuesday, November 29, 2016 04:11:37 AM Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Thanks. But, my question is: how can I be sure and safe that doing so will > not perturbing my system? From the peanut gallery--I don't think you can--I mean, very little in life is sure... (and, ime, computer software is low on

Re: Uninstalling Gnome

On 2016-11-29, Curt wrote: > On 2016-11-29, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >>> >>> See the deborphan package. It is useful for trimming unwanted (and >>> unneeded) packages from your system. >> >> I ran `deborphan --guess-all' but it seems to me that it wants to

Re: Uninstalling Gnome

On 2016-11-29, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> >> See the deborphan package. It is useful for trimming unwanted (and >> unneeded) packages from your system. > > I ran `deborphan --guess-all' but it seems to me that it wants to remove some > packages that I use a lot, like,

Re: Uninstalling Gnome

Liam O'Toole writes: > On 2016-11-28, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> Hi all Debian users. >> >> When I freshly installed Debian on my present system, I chose Gnome as >> my Desktop manager, then I switched to Openbox. To free space, now I >> want to

Re: Uninstalling Gnome

Brian writes: > On Mon 28 Nov 2016 at 21:44:00 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> When I freshly installed Debian on my present system, I chose Gnome as my >> Desktop manager, then I switched to Openbox. To free space, now I want to >> remove all those Gnome packages that I

Re: Uninstalling Gnome

On Mon 28 Nov 2016 at 21:44:00 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > When I freshly installed Debian on my present system, I chose Gnome as my > Desktop manager, then I switched to Openbox. To free space, now I want to > remove all those Gnome packages that I haven't used any more but am not sure >

Re: Uninstalling Gnome

On 2016-11-28, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Hi all Debian users. > > When I freshly installed Debian on my present system, I chose Gnome as > my Desktop manager, then I switched to Openbox. To free space, now I > want to remove all those Gnome packages that I haven't used

Re: Uninstalling Gnome

On Mon, 28 Nov 2016 21:44:00 + Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Hi all Debian users. > > When I freshly installed Debian on my present system, I chose Gnome > as my Desktop manager, then I switched to Openbox. To free space, > now I want to remove all those Gnome packages

Uninstalling Gnome

Hi all Debian users. When I freshly installed Debian on my present system, I chose Gnome as my Desktop manager, then I switched to Openbox. To free space, now I want to remove all those Gnome packages that I haven't used any more but am not sure what of them I may delete without perturbing the

Re: Uninstalling gnome

On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 09:18:25AM -0500, David Kanter wrote: [Please keep your lines under 80 characters - put line breaks within paragraphs] What's the best way to uninstall gnome and its associated packages? I think all I downloaded was task-gnome-desktop, but I'm not sure. Should I let

Uninstalling gnome

Gnome, after installing it this weekend, left a bad taste in my mouth. I'd prefer to use a straight-up window manager. What's the best way to uninstall gnome and its associated packages? I think all I downloaded was task-gnome-desktop, but I'm not sure. Should I let dselect remove this