Removing pre-installed apps

[Ed Cogburn]

Steve wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Is there a way to remove an app (such as Evolution, etc.) WITHOUT removing
> "Ubuntu Desktop"? In Synaptic, when I select anything that was installed
> from the CD, it automatically selects to remove the Ubuntu desktop (which
> I tried once, which causes it not to boot into X... you have to log in at
> command prompt and then do a startx).


Don't know about synaptic, but with aptitude, select 'ubuntu desktop',
toggle it to purge/uninstall, then drop down to the list of packages which
depended on it and manually reselect them again to keep them installed.

Its either that, or make your own version of 'ubuntu-desktop' that leaves
out the stuff you don't want, but that involves building .deb's which means
you have to be at least a Level 3 Voodooist to perform such rituals.  :)