Subj : Re: Removing Gnome
To   : Mike Powell
From : Gamgee
Date : Mon Oct 27 2025 09:32:19

-=> Mike Powell wrote to Gamgee <=-

 MP>   Re: Re: Removing Gnome
 MP>   By: Gamgee to Sean Dennis on Sun Oct 26 2025 10:01:35

 > I'm not understanding something here...  How exactly do you "take care
 > of dependency hell" before using the "apt remove" command?  You probably
 > can't tell exactly what other programs depend on Gnome, and how will you
 > prevent 'apt' from removing them?  The devil is in the details...

 MP> Here I would do it by checking/capturing the list of programs it says
 MP> it is going to remove and then add any I want to keep back after it is
 MP> done.  If one I want to keep claims it needs to re-install gnome, then
 MP> I look for an alternative.

Okay, gotcha.  That wasn't clear before...  ;-)



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