How do I uninstall Evolution?

[Karl Larsen]

michael wilson wrote:
> Just a note to other readers.  If you COMPLETELY UNINSTALL the packages
> suggested here, your gnome desktop will not load and you cannot run any
> programs and the only fix is a clean reinstall.
>
> You must chose to remove, not completely remove.
>
> Enjoy.
>
> Michael
>
> On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 3:03 AM, John Toliver <john.toliver at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>   
>>  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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>   
    Now this is the most stupid thing I have read for quite a while! 
Mike says you can't uninstall, but just uninstall? I would like to get 
rid of Evolution because I have used Thunderbird for many years and like it.

    But in the Wisdom? of the Ubuntu and Red Hat package designers, they 
think Evolution is the best. I wounder where they have been living?

    In the future I hope that both Evolution and Thunderbird will be 
available for d/l and you can choose what you want.

Karl


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