Noob Question - Something like Windows system restore in Ubuntu

[Gilles Gravier]

Hi!

No. Don't. You'll mess up dependencies. Remove all of KDE... then
re-install the PACKAGE for Amarok which will reinstall the dependencies
(KDE libraries...).

Gilles

David McNally wrote:
> Fantastic! Thanks, Steve!
>
> One more question: Let's say that I still want to keep one KDE program
> (I'll use Amarok as an example). I just remove it from that command
> before I run it, right?
>
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Steve <yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com
> <mailto:yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:30:10 +0100, David McNally
>     <david3333333 at gmail.com <mailto:david3333333 at gmail.com>>
>     wrote:
>
>     > Hi!
>     > I've been using Ubuntu for two years, so I'm generally pretty
>     good with
>     > it,
>     > but sometimes something comes up and I have no idea what to do.
>     >
>     > I'm looking for something where I can uninstall a package and
>     all of its
>     > dependencies. I don't need it now, I just want to feel secure about
>     > installing kubuntu-desktop. I'm pretty sure I might want to
>     remove it,
>     > but
>     > kubuntu-desktop is just a package with nothing but dependencies
>     in it.
>     > If I
>     > remove it, will the dependencies be removed as well, or will I
>     need to
>     > remove each one by hand, or is there something else I can do?
>     >
>     > Thanks in advance,
>     > David
>     >
>     http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/puregnome lists the files you'll
>     need to
>     remove
>
>
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>     Steve
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> apt-get moo