evolution

Ken Stevens kenneth.stevens at comcast.net
Sun Aug 6 21:06:41 UTC 2006


Michael V. De Palatis wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 08:58:52PM +0200, Duncan Lithgow wrote:
>> On Sun, 2006-08-06 at 14:43 -0400, Ken Stevens wrote:
>>> Evolution is dependent on ubuntu desktop? Is there any way I can remove 
>>> evolution without removing ubuntu-desktop?
>> someone might correct me, but ubuntu-desktop is just a meta package
>> (keeps other packages up-to-date) which you can reinstall again
>> afterwards if you want. But if I remember rightly you'll have a lot of
>> problems getting rid of evolution.
> 
> That is right. ubuntu-desktop is a metapackage that makes
> dist-upgrading easier, in principle. Unfortunately, it also depends on
> lots of things that you may or may not want, but the point of it is to
> bring in all the packages that the "average user" would want and
> need. The easiest way to remove evolution is to first remove the
> ubuntu-desktop metapackage.
> 
> Mike
> 
But then won't I lose my gnome desktop, etc. Will I be able to 
re-install it without evolution?

Ken


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