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[Julien Lavergne <gilir@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le vendredi 04 juin 2010 à 23:11 +0100, Phillip Whiteside a écrit :
> --> If you wish to remove a programme from lubuntu, you may be told
> that by doing so it will remove "lubuntu-desktop". Lubuntu-desktop is
> only used for upgrade (when you change the Lubuntu version) or initial
> installation of lubuntu and can be safely removed. It would just need
> adding back in when you go to update from, say, 10.04 to 10.10.
> Lubuntu-desktop is what is called a 'meta-package' which, simply put,
> is just a list of what to install. It is a design decision that all
> packages included in lubuntu-desktop depend on it, so as to be able to
> use --no-install-recommends option when the initial installation
> occurs, thus preventing not essential programs to be installed. <-- 

Version corrected. Thanks for your help, you can add it to the wiki.

Regards,
Julien Lavergne