On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Shaun <centos at stinkfish.org> wrote: > >> You can't really generalize about that. Yum just does what the >> dependencies of the rpm packages you install or remove tell it to do. >> A "yum groupinstall 'GNOME Desktop Environment'" might bring back >> anything that is missing. >> > > Well I was kinda expecting it to not remove the shared dependencies > leaving GNOME fairly broken. It wouldn't, if they are actually listed as dependencies in a remaining package. If they were just optional components, they are fair game, though. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com