Installing a DE and not installing it all

molom · 2009-04-07 00:16:31

How do I remove certain apps from installing when installing a whole DE? Eg. Not installing ristretto when installing XFCE4. I couldn't find it in the wiki.
And how do I know what apps are going to be installed when installing a DE?

Cheers

Last edited by molom (2009-04-07 00:16:44)

CaptainShanks · 2009-04-07 00:25:49

I suppose you could use:

pacman -Rd ristretto

But Ristretto may be a dependency for something else in Xfce that may break itself.

molom · 2009-04-07 00:42:01

So how is it possible that some people make distros removing Thunar for example and use PCmanFM? Do they just remove the app and not remove the dependencies?

Inxsible · 2009-04-07 01:47:03

if it is a group then you can choose which apps you want to install in that particular group. I am not sure if xfce is a group, but I do know that gnome is. So if you do

pacman -S gnome

it will ask you a question whether you want to install the whole group. You HAVE to say no to this question. Then it will ask you if you want to install each of the apps individually.

If you have already installed something and want to remove it, then you can use pacman, and it will let you know if any of the dependencies break. If not, it will let you remove it.

molom · 2009-04-07 02:49:24

What do you mean by group?

SamC · 2009-04-07 02:59:08

[/media/abs/local/roll] sudo pacman -S xfce4
xfce4 package not found, searching for group...
:: group xfce4 (including ignored packages):
    exo  gtk-xfce-engine  libxfce4menu  libxfce4util  libxfcegui4  mousepad  orage  squeeze  terminal  thunar  xfce-utils  xfce4-appfinder  xfce4-icon-theme  
    xfce4-mixer  xfce4-panel  xfce4-session  xfce4-settings  xfconf  xfdesktop  xfprint  xfwm4  xfwm4-themes  
:: Install whole content? [Y/n] n
:: Install exo from group xfce4? [Y/n] n
:: Install gtk-xfce-engine from group xfce4? [Y/n] n
:: Install libxfce4menu from group xfce4? [Y/n] n
:: Install libxfce4util from group xfce4? [Y/n] n
:: Install libxfcegui4 from group xfce4? [Y/n] y
:: Install mousepad from group xfce4? [Y/n] y'
:: Install orage from group xfce4? [Y/n] y
:: Install squeeze from group xfce4? [Y/n] y
:: Install terminal from group xfce4? [Y/n] 
:: Install thunar from group xfce4? [Y/n] n
:: Install xfce-utils from group xfce4? [Y/n] n
:: Install xfce4-appfinder from group xfce4? [Y/n] y
:: Install xfce4-icon-theme from group xfce4? [Y/n] y
:: Install xfce4-mixer from group xfce4? [Y/n] n
:: Install xfce4-panel from group xfce4? [Y/n] n
:: Install xfce4-session from group xfce4? [Y/n] y
:: Install xfce4-settings from group xfce4? [Y/n] y
:: Install xfconf from group xfce4? [Y/n] n
:: Install xfdesktop from group xfce4? [Y/n] n
:: Install xfprint from group xfce4? [Y/n] y
:: Install xfwm4 from group xfce4? [Y/n] y
:: Install xfwm4-themes from group xfce4? [Y/n] n
warning: libxfcegui4-4.6.0-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
n
Targets (15): libxfcegui4-4.6.0-1 [0.33 MB]  orage-4.6.0-1 [1.68 MB]  squeeze-0.2.3-2 [0.13 MB]  vte-0.20.0-1 [0.71 MB]  terminal-0.2.10-1 [1.64 MB]  
              libxfce4menu-4.6.0-1 [0.08 MB]  xfce4-appfinder-4.6.0-1 [0.04 MB]  xfce4-icon-theme-4.4.3-1 [2.01 MB]  xfce4-session-4.6.0-1 [0.87 MB]  
              libxklavier-3.9-1 [0.08 MB]  xfce4-settings-4.6.0-1 [0.22 MB]  psutils-1.17-1 [0.08 MB]  a2ps-4.14-1 [1.00 MB]  xfprint-4.6.0-1 [0.55 MB]  
              xfwm4-4.6.0-1 [1.20 MB]  

Total Download Size:    1.08 MB
Total Installed Size:   41.41 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n]n

See the above? That would be an example of what Inxsible said.

molom · 2009-04-07 07:21:20

That's what I thought he was talking about. Thanks!

Damn, that's not that many packages for a DE.

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#1 2009-04-07 00:16:31

Installing a DE and not installing it all

#2 2009-04-07 00:25:49

Re: Installing a DE and not installing it all

#3 2009-04-07 00:42:01

Re: Installing a DE and not installing it all

#4 2009-04-07 01:47:03

Re: Installing a DE and not installing it all

#5 2009-04-07 02:49:24

Re: Installing a DE and not installing it all

#6 2009-04-07 02:59:08

Re: Installing a DE and not installing it all

#7 2009-04-07 07:21:20

Re: Installing a DE and not installing it all

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