Francisco M. Marzoa Alonso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I want remove xdm package so I'm not using it (I've remove all links
> related in all runlevels, but I don't need this using hard disk for
> more). But if I try an apt-get remove xdm it also removes
> x-window-system... why? I think this is a bit stupid...
{2} dmaze% apt-cache show x-window-system
Package: x-window-system
Depends: x-window-system-core, lbxproxy, proxymngr, twm, xdm, xfs, xfwp, xnest,
xprt, xspecs, xterm, xvfb
Description: X Window System
This metapackage provides substantially all the components of the X Window
System as developed by the XFree86 Project, as well as a set of historically
popular accessory programs.
.
The development and debugging libraries are not provided by this metapackage.
In other words, x-window-system doesn't actually contain any files on
its own; it just depends on other packages so that you'd get what you
got if you "installed X" on a traditional Un*x system. This includes
xdm (since it's part of the X11 distribution). But removing
x-window-system doesn't cause any of the other things it depends on to
be removed.
> Finally, I've removed it using dpkg instead of apt-get:
>
> crom:~# dpkg --ignore-depends=xdm -r xdm
You should ~never need to use an --ignore or --force option to dpkg;
Red Hat this ain't. :-) You can do this if you *really* want to, but
then APT will complain that you don't have a consistent set of
packages installed and will want you to 'apt-get -f install' (which
will either install xdm or remove x-window-system) before you can do
anything else.
In short, removing x-window-system is harmless, and you need to do it
if you want to remove xdm. 'dpkg --remove x-window-system' should do
the trick for you.
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