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Re: Uninstalling Chromium

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On 20.07.21 23:00 Greg Wooledge wrote:
> unicorn:~$ apt-cache show gnome-core | grep firefox
> Depends: [...] firefox-esr (>= 78) | firefox (>= 78) | chromium | chromium-browser | epiphany-browser, [...]
>
> In other words, it only accepts the browsers specifically stated in that
> list, and will not permit you to substitute any other.
Exactly. They should simply add "gnome-www-browser | www-browser" and 
everybody could be happy. One of the reasons why I prefer Google Chrome, 
is that I am already on bullseye and Chromium was (is?) always very 
outdated on testing. I know that testing has no security support, but I 
need secuity patches in time for a package that is so close to the front 
like an internet browser. (And personally, I like the full Google 
integration of Chrome.)
> I'm not even sure whether you can hack around it using equivs.  I know

You can, I remember doing it.

> that works for virtual packages like www-browser or mail-transport-agent
> but I don't know whether it can be made to lie about having one of those
> five specific packages installed.
Using the "provides" field.

> Of course, the most obvious answer is "just install firefox-esr, even if

Doing it that way currently. It actually turned out that having a second 
browser installed can be handy from time to time (knowing that 
firefox-esr in testing is also outdated sometimes).

> you don't use it".  (Well, second most obvious, after "purge gnome-core".)
>

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Uninstalling Chromium andrehpb@gmail.com - 2021-07-20 20:00 +0200
  Re: Uninstalling Chromium Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-07-20 20:00 +0200
    Re: Uninstalling Chromium Christian Britz <cbritz@t-online.de> - 2021-07-20 22:20 +0200
      Re: Uninstalling Chromium Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> - 2021-07-20 22:40 +0200
        Re: Uninstalling Chromium Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-07-20 23:10 +0200
          Re: Uninstalling Chromium Christian Britz <cbritz@t-online.de> - 2021-07-20 23:30 +0200
      Re: Uninstalling Chromium Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land> - 2021-07-21 11:40 +0200
        Re: Uninstalling Chromium Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-07-21 12:40 +0200
          virtual package names for web browsers (was Re: Uninstalling  Chromium) Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land> - 2021-07-21 12:50 +0200
            Re: virtual package names for web browsers (was Re: Uninstalling  Chromium) Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-07-21 13:10 +0200
              Re: virtual package names for web browsers (was Re: Uninstalling  Chromium) Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-07-21 13:40 +0200
                Re: virtual package names for web browsers (was Re: Uninstalling  Chromium) Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-07-21 13:50 +0200
                Re: virtual package names for web browsers (was Re: Uninstalling  Chromium) Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land> - 2021-07-21 18:10 +0200

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