On Tue, May 09, 2017 at 12:09:48PM +0200, Rafal Luzynski wrote:
Hi,
8.05.2017 16:40 Jorge Gallegos <kad(a)blegh.net> wrote:
> [...]
> [root@ragnia ~]# dnf group remove "Cinnamon Desktop"
> Last metadata expiration check: 2:18:50 ago on Mon May 8 07:18:18 2017.
> Dependencies resolved.
> Error: The operation would result in removing the following protected
> packages: dnf, systemd, systemd-udev.
1. Have you fixed your problem already?
I have not, but since it's not my main workstation I can live with that
for now
2. I guess that dnf history undo would do the job.
Hrm, I haven't looked at dnf history, fwiw this is the rough timeline of
events:
1. install fedora 23 workstation (comes with gnome)
2. dnf group install "Cinnamon Desktop"
3. live with it for a year or so
4. fedora-upgrade to fedora 24, then to 25
5. found the alleged bug
As you can see, the "original" DE was gnome, unsure how Cinnamon
packages are taking over dependencies, I am going to test Dan's approach
and not uninstall dependencies (only components of the group)
3. What is your Fedora version (or what is your distro if it is
not Fedora) and what desktop environment did you have installed
before installing Cinnamon Desktop? My guess is that Cinnamon
replaced (uninstalled) some components of your previous desktop
which are required by whole OS. So now when you uninstall Cinnamon
you also uninstall those obligatory components. Instead (or rather
before) uninstalling them you'd have to reinstall your previous
desktop. But that's my guess only.
It may be a bug or it may not be a bug. We will not know without
trying to reproduce. Or it may be a bug but not worth fixing because
probably a workaround exists and probably switching desktops is
considered too advanced to be worth making easier.
Regards,
Rafal
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~kad