DEB program package tpb requires de-installation of ubuntu-desktop

[NoOp]

On 08/26/2008 09:27 AM, Detlef Lechner wrote:
> Am Dienstag, den 26.08.2008, 11:54 -0300 schrieb Derek Broughton:
> 
>>  hotkey-setup specifically conflicts with tpb - so you can
>> have one or the other. 
> 
> This is the first reason why I posted here.
> 
>>  From its description, I'd think hotkey-setup is
>> supposed to work with IBMs, but if you think tpb is better go for it.
> 
> I do not "think" but webpages recommend to install tpb. Synaptic says:
> "program to use the IBM ThinkPad(tm) special keys."  If I go for it I
> would loose the rest GNOME key combinations.
> 
>> ubuntu-desktop is just a metapackage, with hotkey-setup as one of its
>> dependencies.  Nobody _needs_ to have ubuntu-desktop.
> 
> Synaptic states the opposite: "This package depends on all of the
> packages in the Ubuntu desktop system. It is also used to help ensure
> proper upgrades, so it is recommended that it not be removed."
> 
> How do you arrive at your conclusion: "Nobody needs to have
> ubuntu-desktop?
> 
> Detlef
> 
> 

I run without ubuntu-desktop on two of my primary systems without any
problems at all. The only time that I reload it is when I perform a
distro release upgrade. I have 3 others that I do keep ubuntu-desktop
on, and so it's quite easy to see if the one without it doesn't get
updated with regular releases.

It's quite safe to use your system without ubuntu-desktop (IMO), just
remember to reinstall it before you do a distro upgrade (Gutsy to Hardy
etc):

sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

and then do your distro upgrade.