Remove Evolution, Epiphany in linux

**SoftWore** · 25-12-2009

Hi
Is it impossible to remove Epiphany, Evolution and Abiword with apt unwilling to remove Gnome?

Code:

# Apt-get remove evolution-s
Reading package lists ... Made
Building dependency tree ... Made
The following packages will be REMOVED:
evolution gnome gnome-desktop-environment
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 22 not upgraded.
Remvi gnome [1:2.12.3]
Remvi gnome-desktop-environment [1:2.12.3]
Remvi evolution [2.6.2-4]

Need help with this.

**chroma** · 25-12-2009

Hello
I think you can try this, most probably this should work fine.

Code:

aptitude remove evolution

or

Code:

apt-get remove evolution

Just works great with me
(The commands are the same for any software you want uninstalled). Hope this will help you.

**Raine** · 25-12-2009

Hi

Code:

Is it impossible to remove Epiphany, Evolution 
and Abiword with apt unwilling to remove Gnome?

See if gnome and gnome-desktop-environment are virtual packages. Maybe gnome is a virtual package that installs epiphany, evolution & Co and that if you uninstall one of them the virtual package is pointed as 'not installed' but nothing is removed.

**SoftWore** · 25-12-2009

Hi

Code:

See if gnome and gnome-desktop-environment are virtual packages. 
Maybe gnome is a virtual package that installs epiphany, evolution & Co 
and that if you uninstall one of them the virtual package is pointed as 'not installed' but nothing is removed.

I am fairly new to linux. So, I do not know how to look for virtual package? Please guide me with this. More detailed explanation will be highly appreciated.

**chroma** · 25-12-2009

Hi

I am fairly new to linux. So, I do not know how to look for virtual package?

I think this should work fine with you.

Code:

dpkg-l | grep packagename

Must see if there is a V

Code:

aptitude search packagename

Similarly, if there is a V, that is a virtual package.
For Example

Code:

v php5-mysqli

Hope this will help you.

**Raine** · 25-12-2009

Hello
You can also look at the files installed by packages

Code:

/.
/ usr
/ usr / share
/ usr / share / doc
/ usr / share / doc / gnome
/ usr / share / doc / gnome / copyright
/ usr / share / doc / gnome / changelog.gz
/ usr / share / doc / gnome / NEWS.Debian.gz

And

Code:

/.
/ usr
/ usr / share
/ usr / share / doc
/ usr / share / doc / gnome-desktop-environment
/ usr / share / doc / gnome-desktop-environment / copyright
/ usr / share / doc / gnome-desktop-environment / changelog.gz
/ usr / share / doc / gnome-desktop-environment / NEWS.Debian.gz

I can therefore infer that the uninstall packages gnome and gnome-desktop-environment will not delete anything important
By cons I have abused the term virtual. These packages do not seem to virtual (there is no V in front of their name).