On Thursday 16 February 2006 02:17, Liviu Damian wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running SUSE 10.0. I made a default KDE installation, after that I > installed a lot of packets. Is there any way to go back to the default > KDE install without reinstalling SUSE? I want to remove those packages, > but (a)there are a lot of packages and (b) I don't remember all of > them. > > Cheers,
Hi Liviu, Out of curiosity, are you thinking of doing this because you're having problems with your system? I only ask because you might actually make things worse by doing this. If you're having problems, I'd recommend you give the people on SLE (the suse-linux-e list) an opportunity to help you diagnose and fix it. It might be faster. Anyway, here's the procedure I've used successfully in the past. Please remember to backup your data first... a) remove any installation sources in YaST that you added after the initial installation and refresh the sources. The goal is to limit YaST to sources containing the packages that you originally installed and nothing newer. In YaST's 'Software Management' module: b) select the "Installation Summary" filter (top-left) to review a list of installed 'third party' and other 'protected' packages that you've added since the initial install. Select those that you want to remove and click 'Check Dependencies'. If YaST prompts that it needs to remove or 'update' (meaning "downgrade") additional packages to meet dependencies, click "Accept" and let it proceed. When YaST has removed those packages, select to 'install' more packages and: c) select the "Package Groups" filter (top-left) and scroll all the way down in the left pane and click on "ZZZ All" to select it. d) In the right pane, YaST will build and display a list of every installed package as reflected in the rpm database. Right-click on any package listed in the right pane, highlight "All in this list..." and select "Update Unconditionally". Click "Accept" and YaST will replace the newer installed versions of packages with the originals. regards, Carl --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
