Re: debfoster vs aptitude (was: Re: Stripping KDE)

2004-03-27 Thread Brian Brazil
On Sat, Mar 27, 2004 at 05:44:11PM +0100, Shot wrote: > Brian Brazil: > > Try aptitude. It keep track of packages > > that are manually/automatically installed. > > True. But I remember aptitude had this all-or-nothing feeling to it; if > you don't use aptitude from the beginning, this functionali

Re: Stripping KDE

2004-03-27 Thread Katipo
Brian Brazil wrote: On Sat, Mar 27, 2004 at 12:38:18PM +0100, Shot wrote: Hello. Katipo: I am in the process of stripping my system down.again. I want at this stage, to get rid of KDE completely. [...] Does anybody have any good advice as to a successful technique for th

debfoster vs aptitude (was: Re: Stripping KDE)

2004-03-27 Thread Shot
Hello. Brian Brazil: > Try aptitude. It keep track of packages > that are manually/automatically installed. True. But I remember aptitude had this all-or-nothing feeling to it; if you don't use aptitude from the beginning, this functionality is rather limited, and you're commiting yourself to in

Re: Stripping KDE

2004-03-27 Thread Brian Brazil
On Sat, Mar 27, 2004 at 12:38:18PM +0100, Shot wrote: > Hello. > > Katipo: > > > I am in the process of stripping my system down.again. > > I want at this stage, to get rid of KDE completely. > > [...] > > > Does anybody have any good advice as to a successful technique for > > this, e.g.,

Re: Stripping KDE

2004-03-27 Thread Katipo
Tom Allison wrote: Katipo wrote: Hello, I am in the process of stripping my system down.again. I want at this stage, to get rid of KDE completely. The last couple of times I ran into a couple of road blocks: The first time, and I'm afraid I can't even remember the name of the application no

Re: Stripping KDE

2004-03-27 Thread Katipo
Jaap Haitsma wrote: I installed Debian Unstable and then selected Desktop which installs both KDE and Gnome. Then I removed KDE by removing the libqt libraries. All KDE apps need this library, so they get removed as well. Of course. Thanks, Jaap. Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Stripping KDE

2004-03-27 Thread Shot
Hello. Katipo: > I am in the process of stripping my system down.again. > I want at this stage, to get rid of KDE completely. [...] > Does anybody have any good advice as to a successful technique for > this, e.g., is there a recommended remove sequence? Or can anyone > point me to a refere

Re: Stripping KDE

2004-03-27 Thread Tom Allison
Katipo wrote: Hello, I am in the process of stripping my system down.again. I want at this stage, to get rid of KDE completely. The last couple of times I ran into a couple of road blocks: The first time, and I'm afraid I can't even remember the name of the application now, I couldn't remove