pacman idea

Arielext · 2002-08-26 09:06:45

idea:

pacman -S gnome-desktop
pacman -S kde-destop

this will download the [whole] of the gnome (and/or) kde desktop, including the dependencies. In that way one can upgrade to gnome or kde with one single command.

MeesterExx · 2002-08-26 17:35:50

dam fine idea...I second the motion!
especially since kde 3.1 is just around the corner....
anyway to make it retroactive so you could use it to remove all of your previous kde with one command? (or does it do that already, I haven't had to do it yet...)

apeiro · 2002-08-26 20:53:36

Adding (and removing) groups of packages will be possible soon. We're calling them "symbolic packages" and they are essentially fake packages that can point to groups of other packages.

Arielext · 2002-08-26 21:28:20

I just love it when I re-invent the wheel

apeiro · 2002-08-27 01:25:22

If other people have the same idea, that just means it's probably a good one.

Sp00n · 2002-09-16 19:38:18

i was just coming to make the same suggestion, guess i'm just slow....

sarah31 · 2002-09-16 20:25:51

The idea is an old one actually. in debian they call(ed) them task packages. But to using gnome-desktop i don't think will fly as one of the gnome packages is indeed gnome-desktop if i am not mistaken. I would be much easier for us crappy typers to have it dumbed down even more to just "kde" and "gnome".

Arielext · 2002-09-16 20:36:50

on the other hand (guess it'll be the right hand for me)
do you want all the gnome / kde packages ?

I don't need kdepim for example
I don't want kdepim

Sp00n · 2002-09-17 06:03:19

there should be 2 types of it somthing like 'gnome-full', 'gnome-basic'.
oh and 'pacman -Sy gnome-desktop' didn't install gnome-session.

sarah31 · 2002-09-17 20:25:45

Arielext wrote:

on the other hand (guess it'll be the right hand for me)
do you want all the gnome / kde packages ?
I don't need kdepim for example
I don't want kdepim

well gnome i like to have all the packages though i rarely run it. I want nothing to do with kde

n00b_E · 2002-11-09 23:08:46

kinda seems that provided an app included in "dummy" package
was not dependant on the core (i.e. gaim)
one should be able to remove them individually

so point being
if a sym-pac for gnome-et-al / kde-et-al
allowed me to remove what i dont wont
it be reasonable and very likeable at that.

Jeepster · 2002-11-10 00:11:26

Arielext wrote:

idea:
pacman -S gnome-desktop
pacman -S kde-destop
this will download the [whole] of the gnome (and/or) kde desktop, including the dependencies. In that way one can upgrade to gnome or kde with one single command.

This sorta thing is already in the works (I`m gonna trademark that)

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