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[Phillip Whiteside <phillw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

done https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/DocumentationHelp#Removing Packages
(Programmes / Programs)  (Yeah, it's not my fault there are two spellings).

I also put a quick note to say the a1 of lubuntu 10.10 is delayed at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu#Get
Lubuntu

<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu#Get Lubuntu>Regards,

Phill.

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 11:35 PM, Julien Lavergne <gilir@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
>
>