Add/Remove Desktop Environment

**CopperTop** · 07-10-2003

I now have both Gnome and KDE installed on Redhat 9. I think I prefer KDE, and as such, I want to uninstall Gnome - my drive's only 3GB, so space is at a premium.

I installed KDE using the System Settings > Add/Remove Applications. But can't see a way to remove Gnome using the same feature - no check box beside it once it's installed. Other smaller apps still have a check box. Is the best way to get rid of Gnome by doing an rpm -e? Issuing rpm -qa gnome returns 22 installed packages. Do I run the rpm -e command for each, one by one? Or is there a better way?

Any suggestions appreciated.

**sarumont** · 07-10-2003

My guess is that you probably have to remove them individually...or can you remove the main gnome RPM and then remove all unused dependancies?

**flw** · 07-10-2003

Thats a excellant question, I'm not sure off the top of my head. I would like to include it in the cmd line tut here, if its not already covered (most likey not since it is brief). If it not covered in the tut, please the post answer if you stumble upon it.

Thanks,

**kriss** · 07-10-2003

Im not shure if this will work, as I haven't used rpms in a long time, but here goes

Code:

rpm -qa | grep gnome > gnome
rpm -e `cat gnome` &#40;if needed, --force and/or --nodeps&#41;

Good Luck

**CopperTop** · 07-10-2003

Great idea, Kriss.
Will give it a go later tonight, and post the results!

Cheers,
CT

* Update - didn't work. The rpm -e command seems to need an explicit argument. Other ideas?

**kriss** · 07-11-2003

maybe

Code:

cat gnome | rpm -e

?

**big_k105** · 07-16-2003

hey copper did either of those to comments get rid of gnome. i would really like to completely get rid of gnome but i would like to know if they worked.

**CopperTop** · 07-16-2003

Haven't tried Kriss' last suggestion. Somehow I think it will fail, just because like I said earlier about rpm needing an explicit arg. I hope to have a bit more free time later this week, so I'll try again and post my results.

I'm just hesitant of only partially removing gnome. I'd obviously much rather an all-or-nothing approach. If you figure it out before me, big k, let me know what worked!

**big_k105** · 07-16-2003

that sounds like a plan i will work on it some probably

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