On Tue, May 09, 2017 at 12:09:48PM +0200, Rafal Luzynski wrote: > Hi, > > 8.05.2017 16:40 Jorge Gallegos <kad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > [...] > > [root@ragnia ~]# dnf group remove "Cinnamon Desktop" > > Last metadata expiration check: 2:18:50 ago on Mon May 8 07:18:18 2017. > > Dependencies resolved. > > Error: The operation would result in removing the following protected > > packages: dnf, systemd, systemd-udev. > > 1. Have you fixed your problem already? I have not, but since it's not my main workstation I can live with that for now > 2. I guess that dnf history undo would do the job. Hrm, I haven't looked at dnf history, fwiw this is the rough timeline of events: 1. install fedora 23 workstation (comes with gnome) 2. dnf group install "Cinnamon Desktop" 3. live with it for a year or so 4. fedora-upgrade to fedora 24, then to 25 5. found the alleged bug As you can see, the "original" DE was gnome, unsure how Cinnamon packages are taking over dependencies, I am going to test Dan's approach and not uninstall dependencies (only components of the group) > 3. What is your Fedora version (or what is your distro if it is > not Fedora) and what desktop environment did you have installed > before installing Cinnamon Desktop? My guess is that Cinnamon > replaced (uninstalled) some components of your previous desktop > which are required by whole OS. So now when you uninstall Cinnamon > you also uninstall those obligatory components. Instead (or rather > before) uninstalling them you'd have to reinstall your previous > desktop. But that's my guess only. > > It may be a bug or it may not be a bug. We will not know without > trying to reproduce. Or it may be a bug but not worth fixing because > probably a workaround exists and probably switching desktops is > considered too advanced to be worth making easier. > > Regards, > > Rafal -- ~kad
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