this is exactly why I use aptitude ... i don't have to worry about things like that because it checks for me and will tell me if i am about to hose my system ;)<br><br>-Adam<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/14/07,
<b class="gmail_sendername">Robert B. Lance Sr.</b> <<a href="mailto:vidd@hotmail.com">vidd@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Actually...that is not entirely
accurate....</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">auto remove looks for packages that are no longer
required.....</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">removing xubuntu-desktop and running apt-get
autoremove never wiped out my system. it only asks to remove
xubuntu-docs</font></div>
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<div>Robert B. Lance Sr.<br></div>
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<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:48
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<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [xubuntu-users] Removal of
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<div><br></div>...unless you installed it with Aptitude, or you decide to run
apt-get autoremove. Then it will remove all of the packages that are
dependancies of xubuntu-desktop. This includes everything from Mousepad to
xserver-xorg.<br><br>So, just be careful.<br><br>-Josh<br><br>
</span><div><span class="q"><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/14/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Luzius
Thoeny</b> <<a href="mailto:lucius.antonius@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">lucius.antonius@gmail.com</a>>
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</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><span class="q">Richard
Jenkins wrote:<br>> ... and I would like<br>> to remove the
two mozilla-based programs from the desktop. Simple removal
<br>> also offers to remove the xubuntu desktop. Can this be
separated?<br>xubuntu-desktop is just a 'grouping' packet, it does not
contain<br>anything by itself. uninstalling it doesn't pose a
problem.<br><br>luzi<br><br>--<br>xubuntu-users mailing list<br></span><a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntucom
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