[SOLVED]Removing gnome 3.x now that cinnamon 2.x no longer requires it
I've had gnome and cinnamon on my system for a while but am no longer really using gnome.
From cinnamon 2.0, there are various reports that cinnamon is independent of gnome (although I think it still depends on some other gnome-* packages).
I'm trying to remove gnome as a DE, while retaining whatever packages are required by cinnamon.
I tried running the following command:
# pacman -Rns gnome gnome-extra
...I get the following output:
checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: anjuta: requires gnome-icon-theme
:: cinnamon: requires gnome-icon-theme
:: cinnamon: requires gnome-themes-standard
:: evolution: requires gnome-desktop
:: gnome-clocks: requires gnome-desktop
:: gnome-clocks: requires gnome-themes-standard
:: gnome-devel-docs: requires yelp
:: gnome-documents: requires evince
:: gnome-documents: requires gnome-desktop
:: gnome-documents: requires tracker
:: gnome-getting-started-docs: requires yelp
:: gnome-online-miners: requires tracker
:: gnome-panel: requires gnome-desktop
:: gnome-photos: requires gnome-desktop
:: gnome-photos: requires tracker
:: gnome-screensaver: requires gnome-desktop
:: gnome-settings-daemon-compat: requires gnome-settings-daemon
:: gnome-tweak-tool: requires gnome-settings-daemon
:: gtkhtml4: requires gnome-icon-theme
:: libgweather: requires gnome-icon-theme
:: nemo: requires gnome-icon-theme
:: network-manager-applet: requires gnome-icon-theme
:: rhythmbox: requires gnome-icon-theme
:: system-config-printer: requires gnome-icon-theme
:: vinagre: requires gnome-icon-theme
:: virt-manager: requires gnome-icon-theme
Is there an easy way to remove gnome that ensures cinnamon isn't broken in the process?
Last edited by multipitch (2013-10-30 22:34:59)
Thanks karol,
Running 'pacman -Sqg gnome gnome-extra' produced a fairly long list, I removed the above 'requires <package>' packages from the list and ran pacman -Rns <long list!>
This threw up a few more errors, which were resolved by removing one or two more packages from the list until pacman would run
The following ran fine:
pacman -Rns baobab empathy eog epiphany evince gnome-backgrounds gnome-calculator gnome-contacts gnome-control-center gnome-dictionary gnome-disk-utility gnome-font-viewer gnome-icon-theme-extras gnome-keyring gnome-screenshot gnome-session gnome-shell gnome-system-log gnome-system-monitor gnome-terminal gnome-user-docs gnome-user-share mousetweaks mutter nautilus sushi totem tracker vino xdg-user-dirs-gtk yelp accerciser aisleriot anjuta brasero cheese devhelp evolution file-roller five-or-more four-in-a-row gnome-chess gnome-clocks gnome-color-manager gnome-devel-docs gnome-documents gnome-getting-started-docs gnome-klotski gnome-mahjongg gnome-mines gnome-nettool gnome-nibbles gnome-photos gnome-robots gnome-sudoku gnome-tetravex gnome-weather iagno lightsoff nautilus-sendto orca quadrapassel rygel swell-foop tali vinagre
pacman -Rns gnome-tweak-tool
As a result, I've removed about 950 MB of unwanted packages.
Thanks for the help.
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