Dear Michael, Am Mittwoch 05 August 2020 schrieb Michael: > So, uhm, what am I missing here? TDE isn’t really dependent on a > laptop daemon, right? My desktop does not need that package, right? you're using apt-get, so I'm assuming you are on a debian-based system. This command tells you the dependencies which caused a package to be installed: $ aptitude why klaptopdaemon-trinity i desktop-base-trinity Suggests tde-trinity p tde-trinity Depends tdeutils-trinity (>= 4:14.0.0~) p tdeutils-trinity Depends klaptopdaemon-trinity (>= 4:14.0.8-0debian8.0.0+0) tdeutils-trinity is a meta-package which gets removed because it depends on klaptopdaemon-trinity. This command tells you the dependencies of a package: $ aptitude search "?reverse-depends(tdeutils-trinity)" i ark-trinity - graphical archiving tool for Trinity i kcalc-trinity - calculator for Trinity p kcharselect-trinity - character selector for Trinity i kdf-trinity - disk space utility for Trinity i kedit-trinity - basic text editor for Trinity p kfloppy-trinity - floppy formatter for TDE i kgpg-trinity - GnuPG frontend for Trinity i khexedit-trinity - Trinity hex editor p kjots-trinity - note taking utility for Trinity p klaptopdaemon-trinity - battery monitoring and management for laptops using p kmilo-trinity - laptop special keys support for Trinity i kregexpeditor-trinity - graphical regular expression editor plugin for Trini p ksim-trinity - system information monitor for Trinity p ktimer-trinity - timer utility for Trinity p superkaramba-trinity - a program based on karamba improving the eyecandy of p tdelibs-trinity-dbg - debugging symbols for tdelibs p tdelibs14-trinity-dev - development files for the TDE core libraries p tdelirc-trinity - infrared control for Trinity i tdessh-trinity - ssh frontend for Trinity i tdewalletmanager-trinity - wallet manager for Trinity > What’s the proper command to remove it? I don't know how to do it with apt-get, maybe someone else does in case it is possible. Generally, you need to remove the meta-package tdeutils-trinity which depends on klaptopdaemon-trinity and keep the other packages on which tdeutils-trinity depends to only remove klaptopdaemon-trinity. I think there are different ways to achieve that. One I prefer to go in such cases utilises aptitude. With this tool you can interactively resolve the dependencies. Or, you can mark all packages on which tdeutils-trinity depends and which you want to keep as manually installed and then remove tdeutils-trinity and klaptopdaemon-trinity. HTH Kind regards, Stefan > michael@local [~/data/trash]# apt-get purge --dry-run > klaptopdaemon-trinity NOTE: This is only a simulation! > apt-get needs root privileges for real execution. > Keep also in mind that locking is deactivated, > so don't depend on the relevance to the real current situation! > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer > required: etc. > Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them. > The following packages will be REMOVED: > klaptopdaemon-trinity* tde-trinity* tdeutils-trinity* > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Purg tde-trinity [4:14.0.8-0debian10.0.0+0] > Purg tdeutils-trinity [4:14.0.8-0debian10.0.0+0] > Purg klaptopdaemon-trinity [4:14.0.8-0debian10.0.0+0] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
