YaST does the same. It removes the dependency packages. There's still a CLI command I can't remember. I'll let you know after little searching.
Using ubuntu for a long time made me "apt-get" long ago ;) By the way, I don't use SuSE as it seems too slow on my machine (my GF complains the same) I don't know how fast 10.3 is. Please let me know the catchy features of 10.3. Yes you are right, SuSE and mandriva (powerpack) are good for those who needs all things prepared. It seems everything is preinstalled. nice :) On 10/29/07, Emon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi everybody > > I am running openSUSE 10.3 with KDE desktop. > > I installed the "pidgin" pkg with YaST which in turn installed a couple > of more pkgs to resolve dependencies. > > My question is if I ever decide to uninstall "pidgin" how can I trace > those pkgs which were installed to resolve dependencies & uninstall > them?? either using YaST or from CLI. > > My second question is about rpm & deb packages & thus might be very > contentions so a little bit of history first as I don't intend to start > a flame war here....... > > this is how I started using linux & then moved on to different distros > > RH-7.3 -> RH-8 -> Slackware-9.1 -> Slackware-10 -> Slackware-10.1 -> > Slackware-10.2 -> Slackware-11 -> NovelSuse-10.1 -> openSUSE-10.2 -> > openSUSE-10.3 > > as you have probably noticed I have no exposure to Debian or any of it's > derivative distros, but recently I have been listening to a lot of noise > regarding .deb pkgs from different people, so I even gave Ubuntu-7.04 a > shot when it was released... but I had other problems.. > > 1)having shifted from M$-windows I have alway found KDE more appealing, > thus kind of dependent on it, so I didn't exactly try Ubuntu; rather > Kubuntu-7.04(DVD). > > 2) but I use applications which are sometimes very heavily dependent on > GNOME (pidgin, ekiga to name a few..). Sure many people suggested just > do "sudo apt-get foo" & everything will be fine, but I live in > Bangladesh & don't have broadband (internet is not a way of life here, > yet) and can't taken advantages of the facilities that modern package > managers offer may it be apt synaptic or YaST. > > So by now you guys know why I had to ditch Kubuntu & stick to a distro > which by default had good support for both KDE & GNOME.... > > coming back to pkg management... I hear from a friend that when you > uninstall a .deb pkg in Debian (or any of it's derivative distros) the > pkg manager also uninstalls the pkgs those were installed to resolve > dependencies... sound pretty neat... is it true?? if so is it possible > to achieve this on rpm based distros?? > > Hope I did not offend/hurt any body's feelings > Emon > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
