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Removing GNOME packages from KDE install (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago by Corr@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I installed GNOME on my KDE fedora install some time ago not realizing it would litter my install with gnome apps. Wondering if there's a safe and easy way to remove them. Everyone online seems to say that removing a DE risks uninstalling a lot of stuff and thought I should ask here to be sure.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

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[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Uninstall the gnome desktop package, reinstall the kde desktop package and that should pull the overlapping dependencies. Might need to do this from a virtual terminal, not in the desktop environment.

Or reinstall the OS.

Edit: there's also dnf swap command available for fedora, I'm not really familiar with it's behavior or how it acts when both DE are already installed, but maybe that could be a lead.

Edit 2: after doing reading, I'm confident you can just dnf remove @gnome-desktop. The .config files will not be impacted. Applications with overlapping KDE dependencies will belong to two groups, and the operation will keep the ones that include the KDE group. I still recommend a backup.

[–] Corr@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago (3 children)

This makes sense. Will this nuke any config files I have set up already?

Thanks for the suggestions!

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hey op, after doing reading, I'm confident you can just dnf remove @gnome-desktop. The .config files will not be impacted. Applications with overlapping KDE dependencies will belong to two groups, and the operation will keep the ones that include the KDE group. I still recommend a backup.

[–] Corr@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Thanks so much for the information! I really appreciate it. I'll see about doing that when I get home tonight

[–] leopold@lemmy.kde.social 3 points 5 months ago

No. all KDE config is in the home directory except maybe some SDDM stuff, which should be trivial to reconfigure if needed.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It shouldn't but I'm hesitant to say it won't. Back up all the things you don't want to lose, this is not a risk free maneuver. However in my limited experience it was the opposite - it'll remove the applications, but you will still have now-useless config files from the removed environment in place taking up space.

[–] Corr@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Thanks both for the information and the confidence. I went ahead and deleted the gnome packages and nothing seems broken so far. The dnf remove @gnome-destop didn't work, but dnf remove gnome-* worked. I made sure all the packages being removed were ones I no longer wanted and all looks well!