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Re: Gnome desktop environment

Started byMark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com>
First post2023-04-22 22:00 +0200
Last post2023-04-24 00:20 +0200
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  Re: Gnome desktop environment Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2023-04-22 22:00 +0200
    Re: Gnome desktop environment Peter Ehlert <pb21a@sdi-baja.com> - 2023-04-22 22:50 +0200
      Re: Gnome desktop environment Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2023-04-22 23:10 +0200
      Re: Gnome desktop environment Jeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2023-04-23 02:20 +0200
        Re: Gnome desktop environment songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2023-04-23 02:40 +0200
        Re: Gnome desktop environment Peter Ehlert <pb21a@sdi-baja.com> - 2023-04-24 00:20 +0200

#257484 — Re: Gnome desktop environment

FromMark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com>
Date2023-04-22 22:00 +0200
SubjectRe: Gnome desktop environment
Message-ID<GnryN-3O0k-1@gated-at.bofh.it>

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On Sat, 22 Apr 2023 at 20:53, William Torrez Corea <willitc9888@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I want to delete the Gnome desktop environment.
>
> *What command is used for an elimination complete?*
>
> I use this command but don't get the effect desired.
>
> # apt-get install task-gnome-desktop
>
>
Well, to be fair, if you want to remove it, telling it to install it
probably isn’t likely to produce the desired effect…

>
You could try using “remove” or “purge” instead but be ready for a lot of
applications that depend on Gnome (or at least on a desktop of some sort).
So the better approach may be to decide what you want to replace it with,
try to install that, and guide the package manager towards uninstalling
Gnome as it tries to sort out the mess that creates.

Mark

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#257486

FromPeter Ehlert <pb21a@sdi-baja.com>
Date2023-04-22 22:50 +0200
Message-ID<Gnslc-3OwO-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
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On April 22, 2023 12:58:24 PM Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> On Sat, 22 Apr 2023 at 20:53, William Torrez Corea <willitc9888@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
> I want to delete the Gnome desktop environment.
>
>
> What command is used for an elimination complete?
>
>
> I use this command but don't get the effect desired.
>
> # apt-get install task-gnome-desktop
>
>
> Well, to be fair, if you want to remove it, telling it to install it 
> probably isn’t likely to produce the desired effect…
>
>
> You could try using “remove” or “purge” instead but be ready for a lot of 
> applications that depend on Gnome (or at least on a desktop of some sort). 
> So the better approach may be to decide what you want to replace it with, 
> try to install that, and guide the package manager towards uninstalling 
> Gnome as it tries to sort out the mess that creates.
In my experience it's gonna be a real mess. Gnome is tenacious.
...if it doesn't give what you what you _really want_ I suggest a fresh 
install with the desktop of choice
Be careful and don't include any Gnome/"Debian desktop".
Best of luck.
>
> Mark

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#257488

FromJeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>
Date2023-04-22 23:10 +0200
Message-ID<GnsEx-3OTp-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#257486
On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 4:49 PM Peter Ehlert <pb21a@sdi-baja.com> wrote:
>
> On April 22, 2023 12:58:24 PM Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 22 Apr 2023 at 20:53, William Torrez Corea <willitc9888@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I want to delete the Gnome desktop environment.
>>>
>>> What command is used for an elimination complete?
>>>
>>> [...]
>
> In my experience it's gonna be a real mess. Gnome is tenacious.
> ...if it doesn't give what you what you _really want_ I suggest a fresh install with the desktop of choice
> Be careful and don't include any Gnome/"Debian desktop".
> Best of luck.

Yes, this.

In fact, you might consider installing a Server edition of the OS, and
then adding a Desktop package.

There's not much difference between Desktop and Server editions.
Servers include things like a web server and ssh server, but lack an
integrated desktop. It's a lot easier to remove web servers and ssh
servers.

Jeff

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#257493

FromJeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org>
Date2023-04-23 02:20 +0200
Message-ID<GnvCp-3QI4-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
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On 23/4/23 04:49, Peter Ehlert wrote:
>
>
>
> Be careful and don't include any Gnome/"Debian desktop".
>
>
When you select a desktop install with standard Debian you don't have 
lot of control over what is installed. And that's even with an advanced 
install.

Personally I use only Mate but it's riddled with Gnome components that I 
can't easily remove. For instance the Gnome NetworkManager widget is 
installed despite me not using NetworkManager and I can't find a way to 
remove it.

On other O/S you could (can?) generate a 'packing list' of all the 
components you wanted to install and use that to build your system. I 
expect Debian 11 has that ability but it's not something that is 
immediately obvious.

-- 
Jeremy
(Lists)

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#257494

Fromsongbird <songbird@anthive.com>
Date2023-04-23 02:40 +0200
Message-ID<GnvVL-3QOZ-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
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Jeremy Ardley wrote:
...
> Personally I use only Mate but it's riddled with Gnome components that I 
> can't easily remove. For instance the Gnome NetworkManager widget is 
> installed despite me not using NetworkManager and I can't find a way to 
> remove it.
>
> On other O/S you could (can?) generate a 'packing list' of all the 
> components you wanted to install and use that to build your system. I 
> expect Debian 11 has that ability but it's not something that is 
> immediately obvious.

  somehow i've been running that way for quite some time on
MATE in testing but i may have not installed every bit of a
default installation or have removed things so it would go
away.  some other things i also do not run because i find them
annoying.  i'm sure i have some extras in here now that i do
not really use at all but...


  here is my current mate- list from dpkg:

ii  debian-mate-default-settings         1.26.0-1                        all          Default settings for MATE on Debian
ii  libmate-desktop-2-17:amd64           1.26.0-1                        amd64        Library with common API for various MATE modules (library)
ii  libmate-menu2:amd64                  1.26.0-3                        amd64        implementation of the freedesktop menu specification for MATE (library)
ii  libmate-panel-applet-4-1:amd64       1.27.0-1                        amd64        library for MATE Panel applets
ii  libmate-panel-applet-dev             1.27.0-1                        amd64        library for MATE Panel applets (development files)
ii  libmate-sensors-applet-plugin0       1.26.0-1                        amd64        Library for plugins for the mate-sensors-applet package
ii  libmate-slab0:amd64                  1.26.0-2                        amd64        beautification app library
ii  libmate-window-settings1:amd64       1.26.0-2                        amd64        utilities to configure the MATE desktop (window settings library)
ii  mate-applets                         1.26.1-1                        amd64        Various applets for the MATE panel
ii  mate-applets-common                  1.26.1-1                        all          Various applets for the MATE panel (common files)
ii  mate-backgrounds                     1.26.0-1                        all          Set of backgrounds packaged with the MATE Desktop Environment
ii  mate-calc                            1.26.0-1                        amd64        MATE desktop calculator
ii  mate-calc-common                     1.26.0-1                        all          MATE desktop calculator (common files)
ii  mate-common                          1.26.0-1                        all          common scripts and macros to develop with MATE
ii  mate-control-center                  1.26.0-2                        amd64        utilities to configure the MATE desktop
ii  mate-control-center-common           1.26.0-2                        all          utilities to configure the MATE desktop (common files)
ii  mate-desktop                         1.26.0-1                        amd64        Library with common API for various MATE modules
ii  mate-desktop-common                  1.26.0-1                        all          Library with common API for various MATE modules (common files)
ii  mate-desktop-environment             1.26.0+1                        all          MATE Desktop Environment (metapackage)
ii  mate-desktop-environment-core        1.26.0+1                        all          MATE Desktop Environment (essential components, metapackage)
ii  mate-icon-theme                      1.26.0-1                        all          MATE Desktop icon theme
ii  mate-indicator-applet                1.26.0-1                        amd64        MATE panel indicator applet
ii  mate-indicator-applet-common         1.26.0-1                        all          MATE panel indicator applet (common files)
ii  mate-media                           1.26.0-2                        amd64        MATE media utilities
ii  mate-media-common                    1.26.0-2                        all          MATE media utilities (common files)
ii  mate-menus                           1.26.0-3                        all          implementation of the freedesktop menu specification for MATE
ii  mate-notification-daemon             1.26.0-1                        amd64        daemon to display passive popup notifications
ii  mate-notification-daemon-common      1.26.0-1                        all          daemon to display passive popup notifications (common files)
ii  mate-panel                           1.27.0-1                        amd64        launcher and docking facility for MATE
ii  mate-panel-common                    1.27.0-1                        all          launcher and docking facility for MATE (common files)
ii  mate-polkit:amd64                    1.26.1-1                        amd64        MATE authentication agent for PolicyKit-1
ii  mate-polkit-common                   1.26.1-1                        amd64        MATE authentication agent for PolicyKit-1 (common files)
ii  mate-screensaver                     1.26.1-1                        amd64        MATE screen saver and locker
ii  mate-screensaver-common              1.26.1-1                        all          MATE screen saver and locker (common files)
ii  mate-sensors-applet                  1.26.0-1                        amd64        Display readings from hardware sensors in your MATE panel
ii  mate-sensors-applet-common           1.26.0-1                        all          Display readings from hardware sensors in your MATE panel (common files)
ii  mate-session-manager                 1.26.0-1                        amd64        Session manager of the MATE desktop environment
ii  mate-settings-daemon                 1.26.0-1                        amd64        daemon handling the MATE session settings
ii  mate-settings-daemon-common          1.26.0-1                        all          daemon handling the MATE session settings (common files)
ii  mate-system-monitor                  1.26.0-1                        amd64        Process viewer and system resource monitor for MATE
ii  mate-system-monitor-common           1.26.0-1                        all          Process viewer and system resource monitor for MATE (common files)
ii  mate-terminal                        1.26.0-1                        amd64        MATE terminal emulator application
ii  mate-terminal-common                 1.26.0-1                        all          MATE terminal emulator application (common files)
ii  mate-themes                          3.22.23-1                       all          Official themes for the MATE desktop
ii  mate-tweak                           22.10.0-2                       all          MATE desktop tweak tool
ii  mate-user-guide                      1.26.0-1                        all          User documentation for MATE Desktop Environment
ii  mate-utils                           1.26.0-1                        amd64        MATE desktop utilities
ii  mate-utils-common                    1.26.0-1                        all          MATE desktop utilities (common files)


  use at your own discretion.  :)


  songbird

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#257518

FromPeter Ehlert <pb21a@sdi-baja.com>
Date2023-04-24 00:20 +0200
Message-ID<GnQdP-43nz-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
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On 4/22/23 17:12, Jeremy Ardley wrote:
>
>
> On 23/4/23 04:49, Peter Ehlert wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Be careful and don't include any Gnome/"Debian desktop".
>>
>>
> When you select a desktop install with standard Debian you don't have 
> lot of control over what is installed. And that's even with an 
> advanced install.
>
I assume you are seeing a list of desktops to select from during the 
install...

"standard Debian" (or whatever it's called) is kinda Gnome Lite.
it's automatically selected = uncheck that box!

> Personally I use only Mate but it's riddled with Gnome components that 
> I can't easily remove. For instance the Gnome NetworkManager widget is 
> installed despite me not using NetworkManager and I can't find a way 
> to remove it.
>
I too only use Mate.

to be fair Gnome creates a lot of Good packages that are used in almost 
all desktop environments that are not actually the Gnome Desktop.
My Mate has a dozen or two with "gnome" in the package name

> On other O/S you could (can?) generate a 'packing list' of all the 
> components you wanted to install and use that to build your system. I 
> expect Debian 11 has that ability but it's not something that is 
> immediately obvious.
>
> -- 
> Jeremy
> (Lists)

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