disabling the synaptic panel applet
Ed Fletcher
ed at fletcher.ca
Sat Apr 23 20:28:40 UTC 2005
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Bob Nielsen wrote:
| On Saturday 23 April 2005 11:50, Drewcore wrote:
|
|>i did that, but it makes me remove ubuntu-desktop, which i know is
|>only a meta-package. everything is okay now... as long as i don't need
|>to dist-upgrade (remember hearing about people having problems
|>upgrading after removing that package).
|
|
| The only problem I could see is that if ubuntu-desktop added another
package
| as a dependency, it wouldn't be installed by a dist-upgrade. You could
| occasionally simulate a new installation of ubuntu-desktop and see if it
| wants to add any other packages and decide if you want to install them.
|
|
Can't you just unmark the ubuntu-desktop in Synaptic before hitting the
Apply button? I tried that and it seemed to work. The ubuntu-desktop
didn't get removed. Haven't seen any negative results yet.
Ed
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Ed Fletcher
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What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless,
whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism
or the holy name of liberty or democracy? - Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
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