On 02/20/2011 02:05 PM, Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: >> so, tell me the easy way to get RID of anything kde4 ? >> > this is what I did - but it's not for the faint hearted: > > # apt-get purge $(dpkg -l | awk '{print $2}'|grep '^plasma-') > that one also wanted to get rid of k3b* k3b-i18n* kdebase-runtime* , but that is FINE, because it left k3b-trinity. > # apt-get purge $(dpkg -l | awk '{print $2}'|grep '^libnepomuk-') > also that got rid of some virtuoso packages.. > # apt-get purge $(dpkg -l | awk '{print $2}'|grep '^strigi-') > nice! > # apt-get purge $(dpkg -l | awk '{print $2}'|grep '^kde4-') > > # apt-get purge $(dpkg -l | awk '{print $2}'|grep '^kde4-') Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. > Now each of this lines gives you a bunch of packages, that will also be > removed. Keep an eye on them, there might be some packages you'd like and > need to reinstall later from trinity repository. > > But first check, that you get synaptic running:-) > as normal user, it now works.. weird, and it asks for the user password, NOT root.. -- Paul Cartwright