Hi, I'm running SUSE 10.0. I made a default KDE installation, after that I installed a lot of packets. Is there any way to go back to the default KDE install without reinstalling SUSE? I want to remove those packages, but (a)there are a lot of packages and (b) I don't remember all of them. Cheers, -- Liviu Damian Phone: +40741226993 Blog: http://liviudm.blogspot.com Blog: http://my.opera.com/liviudm/blog/
On Thursday 16 February 2006 02:17, Liviu Damian wrote:
Hi,
I'm running SUSE 10.0. I made a default KDE installation, after that I installed a lot of packets. Is there any way to go back to the default KDE install without reinstalling SUSE? I want to remove those packages, but (a)there are a lot of packages and (b) I don't remember all of them.
Cheers,
Hi Liviu, Out of curiosity, are you thinking of doing this because you're having problems with your system? I only ask because you might actually make things worse by doing this. If you're having problems, I'd recommend you give the people on SLE (the suse-linux-e list) an opportunity to help you diagnose and fix it. It might be faster. Anyway, here's the procedure I've used successfully in the past. Please remember to backup your data first... a) remove any installation sources in YaST that you added after the initial installation and refresh the sources. The goal is to limit YaST to sources containing the packages that you originally installed and nothing newer. In YaST's 'Software Management' module: b) select the "Installation Summary" filter (top-left) to review a list of installed 'third party' and other 'protected' packages that you've added since the initial install. Select those that you want to remove and click 'Check Dependencies'. If YaST prompts that it needs to remove or 'update' (meaning "downgrade") additional packages to meet dependencies, click "Accept" and let it proceed. When YaST has removed those packages, select to 'install' more packages and: c) select the "Package Groups" filter (top-left) and scroll all the way down in the left pane and click on "ZZZ All" to select it. d) In the right pane, YaST will build and display a list of every installed package as reflected in the rpm database. Right-click on any package listed in the right pane, highlight "All in this list..." and select "Update Unconditionally". Click "Accept" and YaST will replace the newer installed versions of packages with the originals. regards, Carl
On Thursday 16 February 2006 09:46, Carl Hartung wrote:
Out of curiosity, are you thinking of doing this because you're having problems with your system? I only ask because you might actually make things worse by doing this. If you're having problems, I'd recommend you give the people on SLE (the suse-linux-e list) an opportunity to help you diagnose and fix it. It might be faster.
No, I'm doing these because I need to document the procedure of installing a piece of software, including the dependences in case you have a stock KDE install.
Anyway, here's the procedure I've used successfully in the past. Please remember to backup your data first...
That's not what I want to do... As I said before there are many packages installed and I don't remember all of them. YaST does have some selection profiles but I don't remember where I saw them... I think this is the way I want to do this... Cheers, -- Liviu Damian Phone: +40741226993 Blog: http://liviudm.blogspot.com Blog: http://my.opera.com/liviudm/blog/
Am Donnerstag, 16. Februar 2006 08:52 schrieb Liviu Damian:
On Thursday 16 February 2006 09:46, Carl Hartung wrote:
Out of curiosity, are you thinking of doing this because you're having problems with your system? I only ask because you might actually make things worse by doing this. If you're having problems, I'd recommend you give the people on SLE (the suse-linux-e list) an opportunity to help you diagnose and fix it. It might be faster.
No, I'm doing these because I need to document the procedure of installing a piece of software, including the dependences in case you have a stock KDE install.
Anyway, here's the procedure I've used successfully in the past. Please remember to backup your data first...
That's not what I want to do... As I said before there are many packages installed and I don't remember all of them. YaST does have some selection profiles but I don't remember where I saw them... I think this is the way I want to do this...
You should have a look at the .y2log files. There you can find, which packages you installed and when you did it: /var/log/YaST2/y2logRPM -- Üdvözlettel -- Mit freundlichen Grüssen, Marcel Hilzinger
On Thursday 16 February 2006 11:42, Marcel Hilzinger wrote:
You should have a look at the .y2log files. There you can find, which packages you installed and when you did it:
I found an easy way to do it: Open YaST -> Install into directory, choose default system with KDE, detailed selection, save the selection, and finally load the selection into YaST. You will see the changes in Installation Summary :-) Cheers, -- Liviu Damian Phone: +40741226993 Blog: http://liviudm.blogspot.com Blog: http://my.opera.com/liviudm/blog/
On Thursday 16 February 2006 02:52, Liviu Damian wrote:
No, I'm doing these because I need to document the procedure of installing a piece of software, including the dependences in case you have a stock KDE install.
Good! That's better than having problems! :-)
That's not what I want to do...
Sorry... your subject "Go back to default KDE install" usually means "I want to revert my system to it's original KDE." Glad you sorted it out! Carl
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Carl Hartung
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Liviu Damian
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Marcel Hilzinger