Remove Bittorrent Application

[CityofAsh]

Anyone know how i can remove bittorrent without removing ubuntu-desktop??



root@CityofAsh-Linux:/home/cityofash# apt-get remove bittorrent
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
bittorrent gnome-btdownload ubuntu-desktop
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

[jimrz]

Anyone know how i can remove bittorrent without removing ubuntu-desktop??



root@CityofAsh-Linux:/home/cityofash# apt-get remove bittorrent
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
bittorrent gnome-btdownload ubuntu-desktop
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded.


don't think you can, but it's not as bad as it sounds. ubuntu-desktop is just a meta package used on install and removing it will not hurt your setup. i have heard that it's absence can cause problems if you plan to dist upgrade to the next version rather than a fresh install (always my choice), though.

[bapoumba]

don't think you can, but it's not as bad as it sounds. ubuntu-desktop is just a meta package used on install and removing it will not hurt your setup. i have heard that it's absence can cause problems if you plan to dist upgrade to the next version rather than a fresh install (always my choice), though.
Yes, ubuntu-desktop can be removed, but it is recommended to have in installed for a dist-upgrade:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CommonQuestions?#head-957d1f0d9534d9e9a43a1ade8e3622bc04a8d812

[CityofAsh]

Ah ok thanks. I wasn't sure if ubuntu-desktop was a part of GDM.

[bapoumba]

Ah ok thanks. I wasn't sure if ubuntu-desktop was a part of GDM.
Actually ubuntu-desktop depends on gdm ;)
Please run:
aptitude show ubuntu-desktop
and you will see all of its dependencies.