how can i remove gnome-games while keeping ubuntu-desktop?

Scott angrykeyboarder at angrykeyboarder.com
Fri Dec 2 02:35:54 UTC 2005


Darryl Clarke wrote:
> On 12/1/05, Jeff Co <hanzjordan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> how can i remove gnome-games while keeping ubuntu-desktop?
> 
> ubuntu-desktop is a meta-package that basically contains a list of
> dependancies to give you the default desktop environment.
> 
> this meta package contains gnome-games, so if you remove it, you
> remove the meta-package.
> 
> It won't hurt if it's gone.
> 
> Worry if it starts removing other gnome-* packages too ;)
> 
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The only problem with removing this package is that if/when you
dist-upgrade later on it can get ugly.

The solution?  Remember to reinstall ubuntu-desktop before doing that.

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