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Siduction Forum => Software - Support => Topic started by: herbie on 2017/08/08, 00:59:08
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How do you remove Firefox and not have KDE programs installed. If I continue, 90mb of disk will be used. I am trying to trim down, not beef up.
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Nevermind as aptitude solved my problem. aptitude is one handy tool.
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As this is a bit strange, is there a chance we can see the output, where KDE files were supposed to be installed? What is your desktop environment? We can't reproduce this behaviour for now.
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I mean to tell ya it was a lot of KDE programs, but, my installation was trashed yesterday, system would hang completely with no control except to power off yesterday, and I had to re-install.
I just typed sudo apt remove firefox and only firefox was displayed as being a candidate for removal.
At this point I have no explanation or reason as to why the previous condition existed.
Thanks for your reply and I wish I was able to provide the information you requested.
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Thanks for coming back to me. My guess is your system was somehow in a b0rked state, because removal of firefox should never trigger install of kde packages.
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I agree with you 100% as I was completely taken aback by all the KDE it wanted to install.
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Nevermind as aptitude solved my problem. aptitude is one handy tool.
There is no single perfect apt tool. Each solver algorithm has its weaknesses. Trying several tools to find a solution for a given problem is a common strategy.
greetings
musca
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Totally agree with you. Use the tool that works.