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List:       suse-linux-e
Subject:    Re: [SLE] Removing installed sources
From:       Richard Bos <allabos () freeler ! nl>
Date:       2003-01-15 22:28:05
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Op woensdag 15 januari 2003 22:32, schreef Paul Uiterlinden:
> On Tuesday 14 January 2003 05:27, Kirby Nesbitt wrote:
> > Hi everyone!
> > Feel stupid asking this but as a Linux/newbie I throw myself before
> > the court..
> > In anticipation of the next full release of MPlayer soon to hit I
> > would like to understand how to remove my current v0.90rc2 of
> > MPlayer without doing damage to my system. I understand and have
> > successfully removed RPM packages from the system,
>
> Removing mplayer using should be easy, using rpm (as you already
> know).
>
> <grumpy>
> However, KDE (or rather SuSE) seems to resemble Windows more and more,
> and I do not mean that as a compliment. Observe:
>
>   % rpm --test -e MPlayer
>   error: removing these packages would break dependencies:
>           MPlayer is needed by kdebase3-SuSE-8.1-56
>   %
>
> <more grumpy>
> What???? An application is needed for the system, and removing it wil
> break things? Dang, where have I heard that before?
> </more grumpy>
> </grumpy>
>
> I did remove the MPlayer package, and it did not break anything vital.
> However, much to my surprise, I saw MPlayer being installed (unasked)
> again when I installed some other package.

Yes, of course as it is required by kdebase3-SuSE...  If you look in the *spec 
file of kdebase3-SuSE you'll see that it is a "manual" administrated 
dependency.  
I assume this has been done by SuSE, to get a default (predictable) system.  
The same will happen with k3b, keramik, etc.  The full list is:
Requires (from the spec file):     
kdebase3,kdebase3-nsplugin,susewm,susetour,release-notes,ghostscript-fonts-std,
k3b,icons,keramik,yast2-theme-SuSELinux,susewm-kcmyast

If you don't like that rebuild the rpm with an altered spec file :)
(though kdebase3* are of needed requirements of course).

-- 
Richard Bos
Without a home the journey is endless


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