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firmakrk

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How to remove gnome

helo!:)i want install xfce4 but how i can remove gnome?thanks:)

SamC

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Re: How to remove gnome

pacman -Rsn gnome? It's not hard...

firmakrk

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Re: How to remove gnome

im try and..

error: failed to prepare transaction 
(could not satisfy dependencies)
::eel: reqires gnome-desktop>:2.24.0
::gnome-vfs:requires gnome-mime-data>=218.0-2

hm..?>?

Last edited by firmakrk (2009-02-13 05:54:08)

Barghest

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Re: How to remove gnome

pacman -Rscn gnome

Make sure to take a closer look at what packages are removed. It's possible that you have to reinstall some important ones.

Last edited by Barghest (2009-02-13 06:40:34)

Inxsible

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Registered: 2008-06-09

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Re: How to remove gnome

im try and..

error: failed to prepare transaction 
(could not satisfy dependencies)
::eel: reqires gnome-desktop>:2.24.0
::gnome-vfs:requires gnome-mime-data>=218.0-2

hm..?>?

You will probably have to uninstall eel and gnome-vfs as well since they depend on the gnome group. You can use the command that Barghest provided, if you are sure you want all the gnome dependencies to be removed. But please take a close look at what packages it is removing, since the -c option in pacman -R, can also remove packages  that you might need.

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firmakrk

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Re: How to remove gnome

ok Thanks:))

Rasi

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Re: How to remove gnome

i always do "pacman -R gnome" and when it asks if i want to remove all of it i say no.

Then i remve all but gnome-mime-data, gnome-desktop, gnome-icon-theme and probably 1 more, cant remember right now. The errors will guide you

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Re: How to remove gnome

pacman -Rns gnome gnome-extra

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Kasumi_Ninja

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Registered: 2009-12-31

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Re: How to remove gnome

I found that

pacman -Runs gnome

works best and is preferable to "pacman -Rcns gnome":

-u, --unneeded
           Removes the targets that are not required by any other packages.
           This is mostly useful when removing a group without using the -c
           option, to avoid breaking any dependencies.

-c, --cascade
           Remove all target packages, as well as all packages that depend on
           one or more target packages. This operation is recursive, and must
           be used with care since it can remove many potentially needed
           packages.

Last edited by Kasumi_Ninja (2010-01-23 18:37:45)

setokaiba1308

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Re: How to remove gnome

I found that

pacman -Runs gnome

works best and is preferable to "pacman -Rcns gnome":

-u, --unneeded
           Removes the targets that are not required by any other packages.
           This is mostly useful when removing a group without using the -c
           option, to avoid breaking any dependencies.

-c, --cascade
           Remove all target packages, as well as all packages that depend on
           one or more target packages. This operation is recursive, and must
           be used with care since it can remove many potentially needed
           packages.

Nice, that one worked perfectly for me. Thanks

Inxsible

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Re: How to remove gnome

this thread should be locked.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/For … Bumping.27

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karol

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Re: How to remove gnome

C'mon, it's OP's first post, (s)he will have bad memories of his / her first time ;P

ngoonee

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Re: How to remove gnome

@Kasumi_Ninja - Thanks for that information and for helping out the OP. I believe you missed the fact that this thread is more than a year old and therefore the OP either solved the problem or isn't interested in it anymore. Your desire to help and actual help is commendable though.

I'm closing the thread for necro-bump.

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