On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 09:54:08AM -0800, aaq via qubes-users wrote: > søndag den 11. november 2018 kl. 17.17.27 UTC+1 skrev [email protected]: > > Hello everybody! > > > > I wanted to try out KDE with Qubes 4, but found that it was simply too much > > compared to my needs. > > > > Unfortunately, removing KDE again isn't as simple as installing it. My > > biggest issues is that it hijacked some core components across the system, > > even though I am not using KDE (such as the notification frontend among > > other things). > > > > I found an old thread where Marmarek suggested using `dnf mark install` on > > the packages that dnf wrongly tries to remove, but dnf remains way too > > aggressive in what it wants to remove. > > > > Basically dnf wants to remove everything X related, not only the KDE stuff > > installed. > > > > If anybody knows any way of reverting and purging KDE completely, I would > > be eternally grateful! > > > > Otherwise I might just have to backup all my stuff and go for a reinstall :( > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > PS: Lesson has been learned.. don't mindlessly install unncessary things. > > Thanks. > > So.. > > I ended up deleting most of the packages (if not all) by hand. Unfortunately, > my system is in a limbo mode right now. The notification front end still > looks weird (in dom0), and my lightdm is presented with a black background. > Other than that, my system works fine. > Kind of annoying in this state, but works. My OCD is just getting the best of > me :) > > It would be nice with some comments in the documentation on the website about > KDE being hard to revert from, or at least some specific instructions on how > to revert. I would be more than happy to contribute with that, but I am going > to need some help with the steps needed. > > Hope someone will chime in!
The simplest way to remove (most of) KDE is, I think: dnf remove kdelibs,plasma-workspace Removing those packages pulls out those that depend on them while leaving Xfce (and X) untouched. Though why you would want to remove Plasma? So easy to configure and customize, and really enhances Qubes experience. unman -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20181112000312.755g5k7swgr2dgfr%40thirdeyesecurity.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
