Hatalar205 at 19:38, 24 October 2012

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{{i18n| [[Remove Gnome|en]] [[Tr:Remove Gnome|tr]]}}

=== warning ===
Before removing a Desktop Environment like Gnome, you have to keep a few things in mind;
* Many libraries are shared with other DE's, so you don't want them to be removed.
* Removing too much might leave your system unusable.
* Be sure to have an alternative DM installed. (lxdm or lightdm)
That said, unless you are running out of hard drive space or have limited bandwidth for updates,

there is no real harm in having Gnome installed. If you don't use it, it won't hinder performance.

== preparation ==
For this to work, the best way of doing this is to first install a alternative Desktop Environment.

In this tutorial Gnome will be replaced with XFCE.

# open a console/terminal and become root. (of course you can also do this with [[Rigo]]
# install your alternative Desktop Environment:
{{Console| <pre class="clear"># equo install @xfce --ask</pre>}}
for [[Rigo]]: enter:'''xfce4-meta''' in the searchbox, select the package, and click install,

or install directly using a shortcut in the searchbox: '''do:install xfce4-meta''' accept the licence agreement.
# GDM will also be removed, so install a alternative LoginManager: (in this case, i choose lxdm)
{{Console| <pre class="clear"># equo install lxdm</pre>}}
# while at the terminal, change the default LoginManager to '''lxdm''':
{{Console| <pre class="clear"># nano -w /etc/conf.d/xdm</pre>}}
and replace:
{{Console| <pre class="clear">DISPLAYMANAGER="gdm"</pre>}}
with:
{{Console| <pre class="clear">DISPLAYMANAGER="lxdm"</pre>}}
# When done, save: [CTRL-O] and close: [CTRL-X]
# logoff, and logon again into the fresh installed Environment. (NOT Gnome)

== Removing Gnome ==
So now we're logged in with XFCE.
# open your favourite terminal (except Gnome-terminal), and become root.
# enter following in the terminal:
{{Console| <pre class="clear">equo query installed gnome-base gnome-extra | xargs equo remove --nodeps</pre>}}
# (ignore all those warnings)
{{Note| without the "--nodeps", "sys-auth/pambase-20101024-r2" got pulled, and aborts the mission.

Also, '''DON'T''' use the ""--deep" flag here, otherwise the system becomes unusable!}}
{{Note| It might very well be possible, that Entropy wants to remove vital packages for XFCE as well.,

so chances are that after a reboot the system is unusable.

In that case, when Gnome is removed., before rebooting, (just in case) simply reinstall your new DE, eg.: equo install @xfce}}
== final steps ==
{{Note| '''before''' rebooting, you '''must''' reinstall "sys-apps/dbus".

otherwise the system becomes unusable.}}
{{Console| <pre class="clear">equo install sys-apps/dbus</pre>}}
When done, a final step, enter '''equo deptest''' and '''equo libtest''' THEN '''equo conf update''' to check if configuration files needs to be updated, manually.

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Hatalar205 at 19:38, 24 October 2012