On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 10:08:54PM -0500, Robert G (Doc) Savage via CentOS wrote: > On Thu, 2020-05-14 at 16:12 -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote: > > On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 05:24:13AM -0500, Robert G (Doc) Savage via > > CentOS wrote: > > > > > If you look at the listing attached to my last message, you'll > > > > > see > > > > > three different groups of packages: > > > > > > > > > > Removing: > > > > > xxx > > > > > Removing dependent packages: > > > > > xxx > > > > > Removing unused dependencies: > > > > > xxx > > > > > > > > > > I don't understand the meaning of the last group of "unused > > > > > dependencies". > > > > > > > As I understand them, dependent packages are dependent on MATE. > > If MATE goes away they are useless. > > > > Dependencies are packages MATE is dependent upon. Other things > > may also be dependent on those packages. > > > > Unused dependencies are things that if MATE were removed have > > no other packages dependent on them. So MAYBE they are no longer > > needed and can be removed. > > > > But be careful with these. Nothing may depend upon them, but you > > may use them. First in your list is ImageMagick. You may use this > > whether MATE is there or not. > > > > The "--noautoremove option prevents removal of "unused dependencies". > > You can then take your list and see which you really don't need and > > remove them separately. > > > > Jon > > Jon, > > You have nailed the obscure but critical element for removing a damaged > MATE installation. The --noautoremove option made everything else > possible: > > # dnf erase *mate* --noautoremove --skip-broken > > This removes all of the front line MATE packages and their direct > dependencies. All are in the COPR repository. > > I just ran that command followed by a fresh re-install of MATE 1.22 > using the instructions at > https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/stenstorp/MATE/. > > When I logged out of GNOME3 and logged back in using the re-installed > MATE, all is well again. > > I think I owe you a beer or two Jon. Thanks very much. > Great. But hold the beers. I had enough for life 22 yrs ago :) jl -- Jon H. LaBadie jcu at labadie.us