Re: [gentoo-user]How can i remove the xfce clearly?

[Mick]

On Saturday 21 Apr 2012 19:39:56 ny6p01@×××××.com wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 09:45:49AM +0200, Florian Philipp wrote:
> > Am 21.04.2012 05:27, schrieb ??????:
> > > I just install the xfce a few days ago, But i find i didn't like it .
> > > So i want to remove it and install the Gnome . How can i remove the
> > > xfce clearly ?
> >
> > Gnome and Xfce share many libraries. Therefore it is best to install
> > Gnome first, before removing Xfce. Otherwise you will remove libraries
> > which you will later re-emerge for Gnome.
> >
> > Then you need to configure your display manager (kdm, gdm, xdm) to use
> > Gnome instead of Xfce. Kdm and Gdm should allow you to do that directly
> > on the login screen.
> >
> > When you are satisfied with Gnome, edit /var/lib/portage/world and
> > remove every line containing an Xfce package. Then run `emerge -av
> > --depclean` and you are done.
> >
> > You could continue to remove config files but that is usually not worth
> > the trouble.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Florian Philipp
>
> Do I understand you correctly that it is not necessary to run emerge
> -unmerge first before removing the atoms from @world and running emerge
> --depclean?
>
> Terry

Yes.

The --depclean option will remove any packages that are not in 
/var/lib/portage/world and are not dependencies of other installed packages 
already in /var/lib/portage/world.
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Regards,
Mick