[xubuntu-users] xubuntu-users Digest, Vol 18, Issue 6

[Ivo Jimenez]

Thanks, this solved my problem. aptitude is trying to pull all the
recommended packages.

Cheers,
Ivo


On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 4:00 AM, <xubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com>
wrote:

> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 15:31:41 +0200
> From: Vincent <imnotb at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] xubuntu-desktop package installs gnome
> To: "Xubuntu Help and User Discussions"
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> On 6/5/08, Charlie Kravetz <cjk at teamcharliesangels.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 04:19 -0700, Ivo Jimenez wrote:
> > > I've been using xubuntu since dapper and I love it.
> > >
> > > I'm now using Hardy and I mistakenly uninstalled the xubuntu-desktop
> > > package. When I installing it again, aptitude automatically wanted to
> > > install gnome:
> > >
> > > $ sudo aptitude install xubuntu-desktop
> > > Reading package lists... Done
> > > Building dependency tree
> > > Reading state information... Done
> > > Reading extended state information
> > > Initializing package states... Done
> > > Building tag database... Done
> > > The following NEW packages will be automatically installed:
> > >   alacarte capplets-data cdrdao deskbar-applet desktop-base
> > > evolution-data-server evolution-data-server-common gnome-about
> > > gnome-applets
> > >   gnome-applets-data gnome-control-center gnome-desktop-data
> > > gnome-doc-utils gnome-media gnome-menus gnome-netstatus-applet
> > > gnome-panel
> > >   gnome-panel-data gnome-session gnome-settings-daemon
> > > gnome-user-guide gnome-utils gromit gvfs gvfs-backends libao2
> > > libarchive1 libatspi1.0-0
> > >   libcdio-cdda0 libcdio-paranoia0 libedata-book1.2-2 libedata-cal1.2-6
> > > libedataserverui1.2-8 libeel2-2 libeel2-data libegroupwise1.2-13
> > >   libgdata-google1.2-1 libgdata1.2-1 libgnome-window-settings1
> > > libgnomevfs2-extra libgvfscommon0 libgweather-common libgweather1
> > > librarian0
> > >   libxml2-utils menu menu-xdg metacity mousetweaks nautilus
> > > nautilus-cd-burner nautilus-data python-beagle python-fpconst
> > > python-gmenu
> > >   python-soappy totem-common totem-gstreamer totem-mozilla
> > > totem-plugins totem-plugins-extra xdg-user-dirs xsltproc yelp
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Is this OK? How could I restore the xubuntu-desktop package? I want to
> > > have it for future consistent dist-upgrades.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance!
> >
> >
> > Yes, this is OK. It is not installing Gnome, it is installing Gnome
> > packages and libraries that used by Xubuntu.
>
>
> Are you sure? I don't think alacarte, gnome-applets, gnome-applets-data,
> gnome-control-center, gnome-desktop-data, gnome-panel and whatnot are
> included in Xubuntu.... Something is pulling this in.
>
> Isn't there a way to see which packages pull these in?
>
> Or perhaps its the use of aptitude - I believe it also pulls in
> "recommends". Try using apt-get or configuring aptitude to only install
> dependencies.
>
> Good Luck,
> >
> > --
> > Charlie Kravetz
>
>
> Best,
> --
> Vincent
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