Generally speaking, packages like "lubuntu-desktop" or "ubuntu-desktop" are meta-packages:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MetaPackages It's generally OK to remove a meta-package but you must know what you're doing to some degree. For instance I could remove 'lxterminal' but if I did so prior to installing another terminal I'd be pretty well up a creek w/o a paddle. Aysiu from Ubuntu forums created a guide here: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/index If you look at the "Playing Around" section you'll get a good general idea what I'm talking about. --- On Tue, 6/7/11, Todd Carnes <[email protected]> wrote: From: Todd Carnes <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Proposed changes to lubuntu-desktop To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2011, 6:08 PM On Tue, 7 Jun 2011 08:15:16 -0400 Tim Bernhard <[email protected]> wrote: > The only thing I don't like is the games. (Is there an easy way for me to > remove the games all at once?? I never really looked into it.) I wanted to remove them (as well as Abiword & Gnumeric), but when I tell Synaptic to get rid of them, it says that it must remove lubuntu-desktop as well. So, not wanting to destroy an otherwise great system, I cancel out of it. It does irk me though that lubuntu presumes to know better than I what is needed on my system and threatens to self-destruct if I don't do as it says. -- Todd Carnes <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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