Removing gnome

Hi,
so I've been using Fluxbox so frequently that I've decided to remove gnome from my computer and then pick and choose the few gnome apps I still use.  the problem is that pacman -R gnome gnome-extras won't let me remove the programs due to various dependency issues,  it seems half of everything has gnome dependencies, I wan't to remove gnome but still keep around Totem-xine (or an equivalent) and nautilus (or replace it with an equivalent) how can I get around the dependency issues?

pacman -Rcs gnome gnome-extras
Removes Gnome, anything that depends on it, and anything it depends on that won't break something else. Reinstall what you want later, this would be the easiest way, since you already have the packages, assuming you haven't done 'pacman -Scc' recently, you won't have to download them again.
Last edited by elliott (2007-12-27 20:13:22)

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