Remove extra packages

[rockybalboa]

I installed MDK 9.2 with nearly all the whistles and bells.

Now it looks as if I'll never use alot of them. What is the safe proceedure to remove some of these. I don't want to hose anything. How do I check dependencies prior to deletion.

Any advice or links would help, I'm a Newb.

Thanks

Dan

[bvc]

Mandrake Control Center>Software Management>Remove

[alexpank]

You can check dependencies from the command line by typing in

rpm -q --whatprovides <name of package>

 

From memory, you don't need to put in the full name of the package (the version number and all that), but you will probably get a list of possible completions if there are more than one.

 

So, if you wanted to see what needs glibc, try

rpm -q --whatprovides glibc

and that should tell you what you need to know.

 

HTH

Alex

[Cannonfodder]

Easiest thing to do is to install again with a minimal install.. Just do custom partitioning and select your old mandrake partitions so they are formatted.

[AussieJohn]

I support BVC on this one.

 

When you click on an RPM package to select it to be removed, the package handler will pop up a list of any other dependencys that would be removed as well. If it shows the potential removal of a package dependency you do NOT want removed then obviously you DON'T remove the one you would have liked to removed.

 

I think cannonfodders suggestion is OK if you have more experience knowing what you want or don't want even though a reinstall doesn't take very long with Mandrake. Even having a Separate /home partition you still have to do a bit of fiddling around again to get things back to the way you liked them.

 

 

 

Cheers. John

[SurfahBoy808]

if the gui doesn't work out for you, you can always do "urpme packagename"

this is what I did to remove totem player. I did "urpme totem" and it was gone forever.

 

urpmi : install

urpmq -yp : fuzzy logic search for rpm packages

urpme : removes package

 

I don't know why people use the "rpm ..blah blah blah" as if they are using redhat or something.

Edited April 27, 2004 by SurfahBoy808