On 1 July 2010 09:23, ByteSoup <bytes...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I removed evolution a while ago using the software center, but I noticed > today doing an upgrade that its still updating > "evolution-data-server-common" what is this package and what is it used for? > Synaptic describes it like this > * > The data server, called "Evolution Data Server" is responsible for managing > calendar and addressbook information. > > This package contains the architecture independent files needed > by the evolution-data-server package. > > *Can this be removed? If so why didnt the software center remove it? > > It does what it says on the tin - provides address book and calendar services to the Gnome desktop, which are accessed through Evolution but are independent of it. It wouldn't be removed by Software Center as that is mostly used for desktop applications. Someone might be able to give a better view of where it sits in the Gnome architecture but I would be very careful about choosing to remove it as it's one of those things that has a lot of potential dependencies.
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