Hatalar205 at 18:47, 24 October 2012

2012-10-24T18:47:25Z

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

=== Note ===
Before removing a Desktop Environment, you have to keep a few things in mind;
* Removing too much might leave your system unusable.
* Be sure to have an alternative DM installed. (gdm or 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 Mate 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 Mate will be replaced with KDE.

# 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 kde-meta --ask</pre>}}
for [[Rigo]]: enter:'''kde-meta''' in the searchbox, select the package, and click install,

or install directly using a shortcut in the searchbox: '''do:install kde-meta'''.
# install a alternative LoginManager: (in this case, i choose kdm)
{{Console| <pre class="clear"># equo install kdm</pre>}}
# while at the terminal, change the default LoginManager to '''kdm''':
{{Console| <pre class="clear"># nano -w /etc/conf.d/xdm</pre>}}
and replace:
{{Console| <pre class="clear">DISPLAYMANAGER="lxdm"</pre>}}
or "gdm" with:
{{Console| <pre class="clear">DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm"</pre>}}
# When done, logoff, and logon again into the fresh installed Environment. (NOT Mate)

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

Also, '''don't''' use the ""--deep" flag here}}

== final steps ==
{{Note| '''before''' rebooting, you '''must''' reinstall "sys-apps/dbus" and "x11-apps/scripts"

otherwise the system becomes unusable.}}
{{Console| <pre class="clear">equo install sys-apps/dbus x11-apps/scripts</pre>}}
When done, a final step, enter '''equo conf update''' to check if configuration files needs to be updated, manually.

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Hatalar205 at 18:47, 24 October 2012