Running KDE

[Antony Gelberg]

Daniel Carrera wrote:
> David Symons wrote:
> 
>>>>> sudo apt-get remove kubuntu-desktop
>>>>>
>>>>> You'll want to log back into Gnome before running this.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is kubuntu-desktop not a meta-package?
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes. Is there a problem with that?
>>
>>
>> It will only remove the metapackage, not everything that came in with
>> it.
> 
> 
> :-(
> 
>> If you use aptitude instead of apt-get it will remember the dependencies
>> and remove them with the package.
> 
> 
> I'm not familiar with aptitude. I just took a look at the man page, and
> it looks similar to apt-get. So, could one just type this?:
> 
> sudo aptitude remove kubuntu-desktop

Yes, it works as a drop in replacement, more or less.  It also has an
interactive mode.  You should read /usr/share/doc/aptitude/README.

> 
> I assume that it deletes all the contents of the meta-package but
> nothing else, right? 

It removes what you ask it to, plus anything you installed with it
implicitly (as a dependency).

> What if I installed (say) Konqueror separately
> before trying Kubuntu and I don't want to remove Konqueror? Do I have to
> install Konqueror again later?

No.  See above.

I don't know why aptitude isn't generally taught instead of apt-get.