evolution

[Michael V. De Palatis]

On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 05:06:41PM -0400, Ken Stevens wrote:
> 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?

No, you won't. Like was said, ubuntu-desktop is a metapackage. That
just means that it doesn't actually contain anything but
dependencies. All the *actual* packages still exist if you remove the
metapackage. 

Mike