Installing KDE and Removing Ubuntu (Don't want Kubuntu)

[sktsee]

On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 12:20 -0700, Ben Kevan wrote:
> Ok, 
> 
> As much as people say that Kubuntu is Ubuntu w/ KDE.. It ins't. 
> I wanted to install Ubuntu and remove Gnome and install KDE..

Yes it is.  Kubuntu's faq (http://www.kubuntu.org/faq.php) even says so:
  
What is Kubuntu?
Kubuntu is the first Ubuntu derived distribution. Our Kubuntu CDs are
made up of Ubuntu's base plus KDE. You can get exactly the same effect
by installing Ubuntu and adding the KDE packages (and removing the Gnome
packages) from the Ubuntu archives.


>  
> 
> Is there a simple way? I know sudo apt-get install kde kdm (since KDM isn't 
> installed within the kde family) but how would I be able to remove Gnome? 
> sudo apt-get remove *gnome* would remove alot of things that the kde things 
> may have a reference too.. 

Like what? 

> 
> Is there a simple way to do this without installing Kubuntu? (if I do sudo 
> apt-get install kubuntu-desktop, again how will I remove the Ubuntu stuff)
> 

$ sudo apt-get remove --purge libgnome2-0

will take a lot of gnome out. Add libgtk2.0-0 to the above line and
you'll pretty much have gnome free system. There might be another "magic
bullet" package with all the necessary reverse dependencies that'll take
out even more gnome related apps or libraries, but I can't think of it.

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sktsee