Trying to remove samba on GG wants to remove Kubuntu-desktop

[Nils Kassube]

Willy K. Hamra wrote:
> Nils Kassube wrote:
> > You can remove kubuntu-desktop without loosing any installed program.
> > The package kubuntu-desktop is a meta-package which depends on all
> > packages needed to install the desktop.
>
> if kubuntu-desktop got removed, and he ran apt-get (or any other
> package program), won't he get a huge list of kubuntu-dekstop
> dependencies that were installed and are no longer needed, and would
> suggest he run "apt-get autoremove" to remove them? as far as i know,
> whenever i want to remove a program and all it's packages i remove the
> meta-package, and run "sudo apt-get autoremove". and maybe i'm wrong :)

While this may be true (I never tested it), you are not forced to 
use "sudo apt-get autoremove".


Nils