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d3Xt3r

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Registered: 2012-09-08

Posts: 19

Uninstalling all Gnome 3 games

Hi all,

So I wanted to get rid of all the default games that came with the Gnome 3 stack. I couldn't find any meta-package that would remove all the games, so I manually uninstalled them using the command:

$ pacman -Rsn gnome-2048 aisleriot atomix gnome-chess five-or-more hitori iagno gnome-klotski lightsoff gnome-mahjongg gnome-mines gnome-nibbles quadrapassel four-in-a-row gnome-robots gnome-sudoku swell-foop tali gnome-taquin gnome-tetravex

This has done the trick, but posting this in case if anyone knows if there's meta-package for the games, or if there isn't one, perhaps this thread can serve as a reference for others.

nam_lah

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From: San Salvador, El Salvador

Registered: 2016-01-16

Posts: 9

Re: Uninstalling all Gnome 3 games

I attempted doing

$ pacman -Rsn gnome-games

and

pacman -Rsn gnome-games-extra-data

a few horurs ago, as per this other thread, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewforum.php?id=79216; it is deprecated maybe? (thread dates back to 2009)

I'll try your suggestion. Thanks for sharing

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Shinto

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Registered: 2012-07-27

Posts: 78

Re: Uninstalling all Gnome 3 games

Hi,

maybe you should add this to the wiki.

Omar007

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Registered: 2015-04-09

Posts: 368

Re: Uninstalling all Gnome 3 games

Afaik gnome-games no longer exists and instead everything is now in gnome-extra.
The problem with that is that gnome-extra contains more than just the games so that means you will not be able to use that group to quickly install and/or remove gnome games only.

Last edited by Omar007 (2016-07-09 14:17:17)

ooo

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Registered: 2013-04-10

Posts: 1,638

Re: Uninstalling all Gnome 3 games

If you're trying to avoid unwanted applications, you definitely shouldn't install the whole 'gnome-extras' group, or even the base 'gnome' group, anyway.

All that is really required is gnome-shell and its dependencies, although you'll probably also want gnome-settings-daemon for lots of stuff to work. The rest is completely optional.