[bt-devel] RFC: Remove modules installed by the native package manager

[Frank]

Jonathan Marsden wrote:
> Frank wrote:
>
>> Wouldn't it be easier to just either:
>>
>> A) Remove the packages using the native package manager?
>
> If the user concerned is familiar enough with it, and knows that this 
> is the solution to their perceived issue, then perhaps this might be 
> easier.  But these two things are not always the case.
>
> In the past, some packages of BibleTime and SWORD have been set up to 
> recommend .deb packaged data modules, and some package managers then 
> installed modules automatically on the basis of those recommendations. 
> This is what lead to the kind of confusion being addressed here.
>
> Newer packages will not do that, but overall, integration of 
> system-wide package management *is* a good way forward.

OK

>
>> B) Not install packages automatically in the first place?  I assume 
>> if people install such manually, they know how to remove them?
>
> See above.  You assume all installed packages were installed manually, 
> which is not (in general) a valid assumption.

No.  My assumption was that if they were installed automatically, it was 
the program package called for them to be installed.  (I use Kubuntu...  
:@) )

>
>> If you do remove using PackageKit, do you ensure that the native 
>> package manager's data is properly updated?  If not, that would leave 
>> the system in a possibly unstable state...
>
> PackageKit knows how to use the system's native package management 
> tools to do the right thing.  It is an abstraction layer for package 
> management; if it breaks package management, that would be a bug :)

Ah.  Good to know.  I was just checking as I've had Apt's database 
corrupted a few times and it's hard to fix, especially for a newbie.

>
> Jonathan
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Blessings

Frank