dpkg -r --ignore-depends XXX
See "man dpkg" for more detail. "dpkg --purge" was near, but not exact. ;-)
Basically, KDE is provided via a few meta-packages like:
bundle-kde
kdebase3
kdeutils3
So, you don't need to select all programs to remove.
A few comments on KDE in general:
1. You don't need to commit installing all stuff of KDE using bundle-kde.
The core of KDE is kdebase3.
2. It is true that KDE is kind of slow, but the built of 3.1 againt Dec 02 Dev Tools
is much faster and snappier than before.
Cheers,
Kow
On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 09:10 AM, C. Posey wrote:
Wed Jan 22 12:06:02 EST 2003
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I have recently upgraded to Apple X11 and decided I just want to get rid of all teh KDE stuff thats bogging down my fink update-all. The infamous sao over at MacOSXhints suggested I just do a "sudo apt-get remove arts" which I tried but it did not work. Error msgs were:
sudo apt-get remove arts
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that youhave
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
kde-extra-screensavers: Depends: kdelibs3-ssl (>= 3.0.7-2) but it is not going to be installed or
kdelibs3 (>= 3.0.7-2) but it is not going to be installed
kde-extra-sounds: Depends: kdelibs3-ssl (>= 3.0.7-2) but it is not going to be installed or
kdelibs3 (>= 3.0.7-2) but it is not going to be installed
kde-extra-wallpapers: Depends: kdelibs3-ssl (>= 3.0.7-2) but it is not going to be installed or
kdelibs3 (>= 3.0.7-2) but it is not going to be installed
kde-icons-crystal: Depends: kdelibs3-ssl (>= 3.0.7-2) butit is not going to be installed or
kdelibs3 (>= 3.0.7-2) but it is not going to be installed
kde-icons-ikons: Depends: kdelibs3-ssl (>= 3.0.7-2) but it is not going to be installed or
kdelibs3 (>= 3.0.7-2) but it is not going to be installed
kde-icons-locolor: Depends: kdelibs3-ssl (>= 3.0.7-2) butit is not going to be installed or
kdelibs3 (>= 3.0.7-2) but it is not going to be installed
kde-icons-slick: Depends: kdelibs3-ssl (>= 3.0.7-2) but it is not going to be installed or
kdelibs3 (>= 3.0.7-2) but it is not going to be installed
kde-icons-technical: Depends: kdelibs3-ssl (>= 3.0.7-2) but it is not going to be installed or
kdelibs3 (>= 3.0.7-2) but it is not going to be installed
E: Sorry, broken packages
sao then suggested I try "dpkg --purge arts". Which I didand still no luck. Error msgs:
sudo dpkg --purge arts
Password:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of arts:
bundle-kde-ssl depends on arts (>= 1.1.0-3).
kasteroids depends on arts (>= 1.1.0-3).
mplayer depends on arts (>= 1.1.0-2); however:
Package arts is to be removed.
kbounce depends on arts (>= 1.1.0-3).
kbattleship depends on arts (>= 1.1.0-3).
kolf depends on arts (>= 1.1.0-3).
kpresenter depends on arts (>= 1.1.0-3).
arts-dev depends on arts (>= 1.1.0-3).
kdebase3-ssl depends on arts (>= 1.1.0-3).
kdelibs3-ssl depends on arts (>= 1.1.0-3).
dpkg: error processing arts (--purge):
dependency problems - not removing
Errors were encountered while processing:
arts
On that note sao suggested I contact the fink-users mailing list and post the above errors in hopes someone may know a solution.
If anyone is interested there is a thread at MacOSXHints.com on this subject here:
http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=43338#post43338
- thx
