I am using XD2 but I really don't see the benefit of it. I think Gnome was just as good if not better. I know Ximian is based on Gnome but it seems that there is no advantage to having one over the other. The only good thing I have seen from Ximian is perhaps evolution. So, after much consideration, I have decided that I would like to purge XD2 Desktop and put my system back like it was, so that I can use apt to upgrade my gnome packages the right way? I want to keep evolution 1.4.4 but that is about it. 1. Am I on the right track? 2. How do I go about doing this? Thanks, -=Thinker
On Monday 01 September 2003 12:13 am, Thinker wrote:
I am using XD2 but I really don't see the benefit of it. I think Gnome was just as good if not better. I know Ximian is based on Gnome but it seems that there is no advantage to having one over the other. The only good thing I have seen from Ximian is perhaps evolution.
So, after much consideration, I have decided that I would like to purge XD2 Desktop and put my system back like it was, so that I can use apt to upgrade my gnome packages the right way?
I want to keep evolution 1.4.4 but that is about it.
1. Am I on the right track? 2. How do I go about doing this?
Thanks,
-=Thinker
I'd back up your evolution stuff (just to be safe, it's probably not necessary). I think it's just ~/evolution but I haven't used it in awhile. Then use Yast2, kpackage, gnorpm, or synaptic to remove xd2 and anything else with ximian in its name. Then use apt / synaptic to get James' gnome packages from usr-local-bin ... replace ximian with usr-local-bin in sources.list. James offers a evolution as well. HTH -- Franklin Maurer Using SuSE 8.2 Pro
I am in YaST2 now but I can't see what to remove. I did a search for ximian but it only returned 11 packages. I am sure there are way more than that. I've already backed up evolution just in case. Now all I need to know is how to completely get rid of XD2. On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 19:56, Franklin Maurer wrote:
On Monday 01 September 2003 12:13 am, Thinker wrote:
I am using XD2 but I really don't see the benefit of it. I think Gnome was just as good if not better. I know Ximian is based on Gnome but it seems that there is no advantage to having one over the other. The only good thing I have seen from Ximian is perhaps evolution.
So, after much consideration, I have decided that I would like to purge XD2 Desktop and put my system back like it was, so that I can use apt to upgrade my gnome packages the right way?
I want to keep evolution 1.4.4 but that is about it.
1. Am I on the right track? 2. How do I go about doing this?
Thanks,
-=Thinker
I'd back up your evolution stuff (just to be safe, it's probably not necessary). I think it's just ~/evolution but I haven't used it in awhile.
Then use Yast2, kpackage, gnorpm, or synaptic to remove xd2 and anything else with ximian in its name.
Then use apt / synaptic to get James' gnome packages from usr-local-bin ... replace ximian with usr-local-bin in sources.list.
James offers a evolution as well. HTH -- Franklin Maurer Using SuSE 8.2 Pro
I am in YaST2 now but I can't see what to remove. I did a search for ximian but it only returned 11 packages. I am sure there are way more than that.
At a command line do rpm -qa | grep ximian This will show you which packages have been provided by Ximian Inc. (They use ximian as part of the version/release identifier in the same way I use SuSE.ulb to indicate packages from SuSE from usr local bin) -- James Ogley, Webmaster, Rubber Turnip james@rubberturnip.org.uk http://www.rubberturnip.org.uk Jabber: riggwelter@myjabber.net Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 8.2). GNOME updates for SuSE: http://www.usr-local-bin.org
Op maandag 1 september 2003 08:25, schreef James Ogley:
I am in YaST2 now but I can't see what to remove. I did a search for ximian but it only returned 11 packages. I am sure there are way more than that.
At a command line do
rpm -qa | grep ximian
This will show you which packages have been provided by Ximian Inc. (They use ximian as part of the version/release identifier in the same way I use SuSE.ulb to indicate packages from SuSE from usr local bin)
Indeed, or for the people having installed my "apt" script one can run "apt -a query ximian" being almost the same as James' command with an addition to the grep: rpm -qa | grep -Ei ximian (the -E allows to speficy multiple packages like: apt -a query ximian gnome evolution -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless
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