Re: How (whether) to Delete Gome 1.4

[Ben FrantzDale <bfrantzdale hmc edu>]

On Wed, 2002-01-16 at 16:45, Dennis Tuchler wrote:
> I expect to be installing ximian gnome for SuSE 7.3.  The question is whether 
> I should install it over the current gnome 1.4 that came with S.u.S.E. 7.3 or 
> whether I should delete the whole of that gnome before installing ximian.
> 
> Every time I have tried to upgrade parts of gnome that came with SuSE, I run 
> into conflicts and dependencies problems. I don't know when to force a 
> change, so I am left with the unimproved gnome, with its (in some cases 
> serious) shortcomings.  I expect I will have the same problem when I try to 
> install ximian.
> 
> How do I get rid of enough of Gnome before installing ximian to avoid this 
> nonsense about failures due to conflicts or dependencies?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> dj tuchler


I would recomend trying to just install Ximian Gnome first. It should
figure out what the dependencies are. Since it upgrades *all* of Gnome,
not just *parts* you shouldn't have dependency probelms.

If you do have dependency problems, you can ask this list again, and
then, perhaps, you could remove your current instalation.

--Ben