On 7/28/06, Andrew Hartung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I searched the archives and failed to find a solution that worked.
> When I try to remove gnme I get:
> ~ $ fkr gnome-base
> Information about 5937 packages read in 13 seconds.
> /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait --remove gnome-base
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of gnome-base:
> gnome-print-shlibs depends on gnome-base.
> gnome-mime-data depends on gnome-base.
> /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing gnome-base (--remove):
> dependency problems - not removing
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> gnome-base
> ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1
> ERROR: Can't remove package(s). If the above error message mentions
> dependency problems, you can try
>    fink remove --recursive gnome-base
> This will attempt to remove the package(s) specified as well as ALL
> packages that depend on it.
> Failed: can't remove package gnome-base
>
> --recursive doesn't work either.
>
> I'm really tired of chasing and removing dependencies manually, is
> there a way to get rid of all of gnome?
>
You _should_ be able to do a recursive remove via gnome-base.  What's
failing in that case?

-- 
Alexander K. Hansen
Fink Documenter (still)

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