On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 10:08:54PM -0500, Robert G (Doc) Savage via CentOS wrote:
> On Thu, 2020-05-14 at 16:12 -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> > On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 05:24:13AM -0500, Robert G (Doc) Savage via
> > CentOS wrote:
> > > > > If you look at the listing attached to my last message, you'll
> > > > > see
> > > > > three different groups of packages:
> > > > >
> > > > > Removing:
> > > > > xxx
> > > > > Removing dependent packages:
> > > > > xxx
> > > > > Removing unused dependencies:
> > > > > xxx
> > > > >
> > > > > I don't understand the meaning of the last group of "unused
> > > > > dependencies".
> > > > >
> > As I understand them, dependent packages are dependent on MATE.
> > If MATE goes away they are useless.
> >
> > Dependencies are packages MATE is dependent upon. Other things
> > may also be dependent on those packages.
> >
> > Unused dependencies are things that 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,
>
> You have nailed the obscure but critical element for removing a damaged
> MATE installation. The --noautoremove option made everything else
> possible:
>
> # dnf erase *mate* --noautoremove --skip-broken
>
> This removes all of the front line MATE packages and their direct
> dependencies. All are in the COPR repository.
>
> I just ran that command followed by a fresh re-install of MATE 1.22
> using the instructions at
> https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/stenstorp/MATE/.
>
> When I logged out of GNOME3 and logged back in using the re-installed
> MATE, all is well again.
>
> I think I owe you a beer or two Jon. Thanks very much.
>
Great. But hold the beers. I had enough for life 22 yrs ago :)
jl
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