On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 3:54 AM Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 11/17/23 00:31, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> > $ sudo dnf remove gnome*
> > Error:
> > Problem: The operation would result in removing the following protected package
> > s: gnome-shell
> > (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages)
> >
> > I've read the dnf(8) man page, but I don't see how to remove a
> > protected package.
> >
> > How do I force the removal of a protected package?
>
> It's protected by fedora-release-identity-workstation
> You can either pick another specific identity or just run:
> dnf install fedora-release-identity-basic --allowerasing
Thanks. I did not know about fedora-release-identity-*. Or that there
were so many of them:
$ dnf search fedora-release-identity
...
fedora-release-identity-basic.noarch : Package providing the basic Fedora
: identity
fedora-release-identity-budgie.noarch : Package providing the identity for
: Fedora Budgie Spin
fedora-release-identity-cinnamon.noarch : Package providing the identity for
: Fedora Cinnamon Spin
fedora-release-identity-cloud.noarch : Package providing the identity for Fedora
: Cloud Edition
fedora-release-identity-compneuro.noarch : Package providing the identity for
: Fedora Comp Neuro Lab
fedora-release-identity-container.noarch : Package providing the identity for
: Fedora Container Base Image
fedora-release-identity-coreos.noarch : Package providing the identity for
: Fedora CoreOS
fedora-release-identity-designsuite.noarch : Package providing the identity for
: Fedora Design Suite Lab
fedora-release-identity-i3.noarch : Package providing the identity for Fedora i3
: Spin
fedora-release-identity-iot.noarch : Package providing the identity for Fedora
: IoT Edition
fedora-release-identity-kde.noarch : Package providing the identity for Fedora
: KDE Plasma Spin
fedora-release-identity-kinoite.noarch : Package providing the identity for
: Fedora Kinoite
fedora-release-identity-lxqt.noarch : Package providing the identity for Fedora
: LXQt Spin
fedora-release-identity-matecompiz.noarch : Package providing the identity for
: Fedora MATE-Compiz Spin
fedora-release-identity-mobility.noarch : Package providing the identity for
: Fedora Mobility
fedora-release-identity-onyx.noarch : Package providing the identity for Fedora
: Onyx
fedora-release-identity-sericea.noarch : Package providing the identity for
: Fedora Sericea
fedora-release-identity-server.noarch : Package providing the identity for
: Fedora Server Edition
fedora-release-identity-silverblue.noarch : Package providing the identity for
: Fedora Silverblue
fedora-release-identity-snappy.noarch : Package providing the identity for
: Fedora Snappy environments
fedora-release-identity-soas.noarch : Package providing the identity for Fedora
: Sugar on a Stick
fedora-release-identity-sway.noarch : Package providing the identity for Fedora
: Sway Spin
fedora-release-identity-workstation.noarch : Package providing the identity for
: Fedora Workstation Edition
fedora-release-identity-xfce.noarch : Package providing the identity for Fedora
: Xfce Spin
Jeff
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