How do I uninstall Evolution?

[John Toliver]

On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 22:14 -0700, michael wilson wrote:

> If you go to the package installer and search on evolution you get a
> list of many things. If you "completely uninstall" everything that is
> evolution* ubuntu will not boot correctly after you log in.  After you
> enter your login information the desktop appears but no top and bottom
> bar.  So evolution cannot be completely uninstalled from the package
> installer.


You still need to read about the packages because many of the libraries
that are used are Ubuntu libararies that evolution also makes use of.
When you search in synaptic for Evolution, It will bring up every
instance of a package with evolution in either the title, and the
description.  I don't have the time right now to give you a good example
as I've got classes soon but do this: once Hardy is reinstalled, search
for the main packages of evolution (evolution-common, evolution,
evolution-data-server, and evolution-data-server-common) then remove
them, (not everything that comes up in the search list).  It's just the
basic packages you want to get rid of, and if you care to, the profile
it creates in your /home directory.  Once you do that then yes Evolution
won't start.  The panels rely on some integration with evolution as you
can click on the clock for example and see your schedule etc. and I
think completely removing all mention of evolution causes panels to stop
working.  The GNOME team chose to INTEGRATE evolution, meaning it's part
of the desktop experience.  So yes, completely removing all aspects
(scorched earthing it) will cause the panels and other odd problems. But
leaving certain pieces in place shouldn't (I haven't tested this) cause
evolution to boot if say you went to the CLI and typed "evolution".

With that being done, install Thunderbird and have a happy :-)


Patience yields far greater results than brute force or rage ever could
so relax......it's just life !!!
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