On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 09:45:49AM +0200, Florian Philipp wrote: > Am 21.04.2012 05:27, schrieb ??????: > > I just install the xfce a few days ago, But i find i didn't like it . So > > i want to remove it and install the Gnome . How can i remove the xfce > > clearly ? > > > > -- > > ???????????????????????? > > Gnome and Xfce share many libraries. Therefore it is best to install > Gnome first, before removing Xfce. Otherwise you will remove libraries > which you will later re-emerge for Gnome. > > Then you need to configure your display manager (kdm, gdm, xdm) to use > Gnome instead of Xfce. Kdm and Gdm should allow you to do that directly > on the login screen. > > When you are satisfied with Gnome, edit /var/lib/portage/world and > remove every line containing an Xfce package. Then run `emerge -av > --depclean` and you are done. > > You could continue to remove config files but that is usually not worth > the trouble. > > Hope this helps, > Florian Philipp >
Do I understand you correctly that it is not necessary to run emerge -unmerge first before removing the atoms from @world and running emerge --depclean? Terry
