> > Well, for some stupid reason, I decided to give the > > Gnome packages from Helix a try. After re-starting > > X-Windows, I noticed that my Eterms don't have > > scrollbars and scroll-arrows. My first assumption > > is that it's related to Helix's version of the various > > imlib packages. Now though, I can't remove them, > > at least without removing a bunch of other packages > > that depend on them. > > > > I've tried different "--ignore-depends=???" options, > > "--force", etc with no luck. I'm sure there is a way to > > force the removal of *just* the items I specify, isn't > > there ?? If so, could someone explain ?? > > apt-get --purge remove \*helix\* > > > follow the prompts... it may remove more thna you bargained for so maybe > doing this without --purge may be a better choice..
Yes, it did want to remove a lot more than I wanted to mess with. Literally, every gnome package that I had installed would have been removed. So, I ended up grabbing Eterm from CVS, along with it's req'd libraries (libast, imlib2, etc). It's all working fine now. Thanks Hall
