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

[Ben Kevan]

On Thursday 18 October 2007 01:23:37 pm sktsee wrote:
> 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.

The RC's had different versions of several things including Restricted Drivers 
(ipw3945 more in detail), how again.. how are they the same?

>
> > 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?

Several dependencies for Pidgin which I would like to keep

>
> > 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.
>

If I don't find installing the server and KDE on top of that to do the trick.. 
i'll give this a shot.. along with using aptitude instead of apt-get ..