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joewhite

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Registered: 2006-06-24

Posts: 10

How do I remove Gnome?

pacman -Rns gnome

error: this will break the following dependencies:
  gnome-common: is required by gail
  gnome-common: is required by libsoup
  gnome-common: is required by orbit2
  gnome-desktop: is required by eel
  gnome-mime-data: is required by gnome-vfs
  gnome-mime-data: is required by kdemod-beagle
  gnome-mount: is required by nautilus-cd-burner
  nautilus: is required by nautilus-cd-burner

So I try pacman -Rscg gnome

:: group gnome:
    control-center epiphany gnome-applets gnome-backgrounds gnome-common gnome-desktop gnome-icon-theme gnome-media gnome-mime-data gnome-mount gnome-panel
    gnome-session gnome-themes gnome2-user-docs metacity nautilus yelp
    Remove whole content? [Y/n] y

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But then it pops up asking if all these packages should be removed. Why would I want to remove any of these kde packages? I don't get it. So the question is... how do I just get rid of Gnome without removing KDE as well?

kdemod-kdenetwork-kopete kdemod-kdenetwork-kget kdeicons-futurosoft kdestyle-klearlook kdemod-extra aquamarine-svn krusader kdemod-kde-i18n-en_gb
          kdemod-kdeutils-base kdemod-kdenetwork-base perl-io-socket-ssl perl-net-ssleay qca-tls qca rdesktop kdemod-kdeaddons-base
          kdemod-kdemultimedia-base kdemod-kdepim-base libmal pilot-link gksu libgksu swiftfox-amd kdemod-kerry kdemod-kdebase kdemod-kdebase-kicker liblazy
          dbus-qt3 pmount cyrus-sasl cyrus-sasl-plugins libraw1394 mtools lm_sensors eject yelp kdemod-beagle gsf-sharp wv sqlite3 gmime sharutils
          gtk-sharp-2 mono libgdiplus gnome-doc-utils gnome2-user-docs gnome-themes gtk-engines gnome-session gnome-media gstreamer0.10-cdparanoia
          gstreamer0.10-vorbis gstreamer0.10-ogg gstreamer0.10-flac gstreamer0.10-gconf gstreamer0.10-good nautilus-cd-burner gnome-mount dvd+rw-tools
          cdrkit gnome-backgrounds gnome-applets cpufrequtils libnotify gucharmap libgtop gnome-panel gstreamer0.10-alsa epiphany iso-codes xulrunner
          control-center evolution-data-server libsoup nautilus gnome-icon-theme icon-naming-utils perl-xml-simple hicolor-icon-theme eel gnome-desktop
          libgnomeui gnome-keyring libbonoboui libgnome libbonobo gail libgnomecanvas gnome-menus gnome-vfs gnome-mime-data shared-mime-info metacity gconf
          orbit2 gnome-common scrollkeeper docbook-xsl libidl2 libxklavier

Asher256

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Registered: 2006-11-13

Posts: 7

Re: How do I remove Gnome?

Hi,

You must use --cascade option (-c) :

pacman -Rcs gnome

Last edited by Asher256 (2007-02-27 23:14:44)