I am sure there is an easy and obvious way to do what I want ... but I cannot find it. Every now and then when I run zypper up I get a bunch of applications installed that I don't use. I have a little bash script that calls zypper remove to cleanup after that happend: sudo zypper remove marble digikam kipi-plugins git-gui libqt4-linguist kmahjongg libkmahjongg4 patterns-openSUSE-games patterns-openSUSE-kde_games dosbox kdegames-carddecks-default kmines kreversi libkdegames libkdegames4 skanlite hugin akregator5 kmail5 kmailtransport konqueror konqueror-plugins kdebase4-libkonq konversation kopete amarok bundle-lang-kde-en libtag-extras1 dragonplayer k3b orca libqt5-linguist libQt5Core-devel kontact5 Is there anyway I can tell zypper that I am not interested in those packages? Is that maybe connected to those "patterns-openSUSE" packages? I know that zypper inr would install those packages. I am not calling it. I merely call zypper ref, zypper up and zypper ve ... however, I think every time there is a snapshot released I end up getting all those packages forced on me again. Please point me to the documentation I need to read. Thank you! /Sven -- Fingerprint: D7CA F2DB 658D 89BC 08D6 A7AA DA6E 167B 8F54 1FB6 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org