[arch-general] Remove Epiphany Browser

Patrick Brisbin pbrisbin at gmail.com
Wed Apr 28 17:45:34 CEST 2010


On 04/28/10 at 11:40am, Carlos Mennens wrote:
> I just installed a fresh system today with Gnome 2.6.30. It
> automatically installed Epiphany & Epiphany Web Bookmarks too.  I
> would like to know if I remove both of these applications, will I
> effect Gnome or any of it's dependancies? I wont ever use Epiphany and
> I don't like useless applications lingering on my system? Is there a
> way to purge all of it's installation existance off my new machine
> without messing up Gnome?

pacman is smart. If you try and -R epiphany it will tell you exactly
what dependencies that might break (if any) and not let you proceed.

Alternatively, you can use pacman -Qi epiphany and look for the "Required
by" information.

P

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patrick brisbin


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