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...at if MATE were removed have no other packages dependent on them. So MAYBE they are no longer needed and can be removed. But be careful with these. Nothing may depend upon them, but you may use them. First in your list is ImageMagick. You may use this whether MATE is there or not. The "--noautoremove option prevents removal of "unused dependencies". You can then take your list and see which you really don't need and remove them separately. Jon -- Jon H. LaBadie jon at jgcomp.com 11226 South Shore Rd. (703) 787-0688 (H) Reston, VA 20190 (...

On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 17:49:29 -0500 Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > What appears is below. Removing dependent packages is required. Removing unused dependencies is optional. dnf remove *subscription* --noautoremove should remove the dependent packages but keep thee unused dependencies if you want them. There's also a setting in /etc/dnf/dnf.conf to set the default behaviour of the autoremove function. Having said that, I don't have any of those packages in your list on my system and it's worki...

...er packages dependent on them. So MAYBE they are no longer > needed and can be removed. > > But be careful with these. Nothing may depend upon them, but you > may use them. First in your list is ImageMagick. You may use this > whether MATE is there or not. > > The "--noautoremove option prevents removal of "unused dependencies". > You can then take your list and see which you really don't need and > remove them separately. > > Jon Jon, You have nailed the obscure but critical element for removing a damaged MATE installation. The --noautoremove...

On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 17:03:24 -0500 Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > I downloaded a Centos 8 image file : > > CentOS-8.1.1911-x86_64-dvd1.iso > > then I installed it as a kvm guest on a Centos 7 host machine. > > I installed a lot of the software; gui and server to give it a test drive. > > Nothing unusual about what I did that I can identify. And the message came up when

...PM Gregory P. Ennis <PoMec at pomec.net> wrote: > On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 17:49:29 -0500 > Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > > > What appears is below. > > Removing dependent packages is required. Removing unused dependencies is > optional. > > dnf remove *subscription* --noautoremove > > should remove the dependent packages but keep thee unused dependencies if > you want them. > > There's also a setting in /etc/dnf/dnf.conf to set the default behaviour > of the autoremove > function. > > Having said that, I don't have any of those packages in...

...rote: > > > On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 17:49:29 -0500 > > Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > > > > > What appears is below. > > > > Removing dependent packages is required. Removing unused dependencies is > > optional. > > > > dnf remove *subscription* --noautoremove > > > > should remove the dependent packages but keep thee unused dependencies if > > you want them. > > > > There's also a setting in /etc/dnf/dnf.conf to set the default behaviour > > of the autoremove > > function. > > > > Having said th...

On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 17:49:29 -0500 Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > What appears is below. Removing dependent packages is required. Removing unused dependencies is optional. dnf remove *subscription* --noautoremove should remove the dependent packages but keep thee unused dependencies if you want them. There's also a setting in /etc/dnf/dnf.conf to set the default behaviour of the autoremove function. Having said that, I don't have any of those packages in your list on my system and it's worki...

> On Wed, 2020-05-06 at 10:26 -0500, Robert G (Doc) Savage via CentOS > wrote: >> On Tue, 2020-05-05 at 19:25 -0500, Robert G (Doc) Savage via CentOS >> wrote: >> > I'm about ready to run "dnf erase *mate*" and try re-installing >> > MATE >> > from scratch from the GNOME3 desktop. Is that possible without >> > ripping >>