<div>On 6/5/08, Charlie Kravetz <<a href="mailto:cjk@teamcharliesangels.com">cjk@teamcharliesangels.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> 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.</blockquote><div> 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. </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Good Luck, -- Charlie Kravetz</blockquote></div> Best, -- Vincent