how to un install unwanted language pkgs

[ramaswamyps]

i downloaded and installed fc4 test2 system

i installed with kde and gnome desktop and everything in misc

now i find so many language support r not required

also many other packages i will not be using

how do i go about uninstalling these packages without again reinstalling

installing this fc4 test2 takes well over 3 hrs

help help !!!!

ramaswamyps :D :D

[panama]

This will query the package
rpm -q package

This will remove the package(s) from your system
rpm -e package_name

This an example,
rpm -q kernel
2.11.5_FC3.rpm

rpm -e 2.11.5_FC3.rpm

[Raafi]

i dont know about fc4, but in fc3, the easiest way i found to remove those additional languages was thru synaptic

click and go, and they were gone

[robghealey]

synaptic does work iin FC4! on command line, type
su [enter password]
yum install apt* synaptic

[artklein]

Hi,

To locate language related files open up a console shell and type the following:

rpm -qa | grep i18n

These are translation files for applications. The only one you may not be able to uninstall is the openoffice-i18n one.

rpm -qa | grep aspell

These are spell checker files. You only need to leave the packages: aspell and aspell-en.

rpm -qa | grep iiimf

These are related to multi-language unicode input. You can remove them all.

rpm -qa | grep fonts

You can remove all except for the following:

fonts-xorg-base
fonts-xorg-100dpi
bitstream-vera-fonts
mathml-fonts
urw-fonts
bitmap-fonts
ghostscript-fonts
fonts-xorg-75dpi
tetex-fonts

Then:

rpm -qa | grep man-

These are language specific manual pages. You can remove all except:

man
man-pages

[ramaswamyps]

apt* syanptic cannot display file location
apt command not found in terminal
synaptic command not found
i have now given yum install synaptic

its doing something
synaptic installed but gtk warning says
(synaptic:2953): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_hide: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
synaptic screen comes up but pblms

i marked afrikan openoffice lang pkg
it just came out and went back to normal screen

there is no window to close after action completed like in kanotix debian synaptic

i will try more and come back here

rpm -e packge_ name

as i am new linux i dont know what packeges to remove
also it asks for exact package name

i will try my luck with synaptic

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[artklein]

The error message:
(synaptic:2953): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_hide: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
happens for me also. I don't think it is critcal.

Synaptic uses apt for package management. And apt uses rpm to modify the operating system. When I mark a package for removal and then click apply a message screen typically pops up to confirm that I wanted to remove the package. It then performs the operation and returns to the initial screen.

Also, currently, each version of synatic is built against each version of apt.

Has syantic been able to remove any packages? Do they exist after you try to remove them with synaptic?

[Daniyl]

to remove a program you type in the terminal:

apt-get remove programname or for yum users yum remove packagename

works all the time

[ramaswamyps]

i dont see the removed afriken language pack support for openoffice in the synaptic now
but some how i feel synaptic is not working as it should
also i dont find a way of updating the available packages in synaptic
ramaswamyps

[ramaswamyps]

yes yum works fine
all packages properties we should know before uninstalling
synaptic gives that
we have to use all of them to remove packages without harming the installation
lets explore and find out
u said yum users
is there any other thing i can use to install/uninstall ?
excuse me for my ignrnce
ramaswamyps

[Daniyl]

I didnt see my last reply but here goes again... did you get the new yum.conf file? I think you can get it at Fedora FAQ. Try looking at the repositories and see what the name is then do a yum remove packagename

[ramaswamyps]

i saw the config file

what do i do with the file after downloadimg?

how to install it as yum command

after downloading where do i put it?

need some detailed info regarding this commandline

for installing xmms i went to that file

xmms installed with the old yum itself

but mpeg audio it doesnt play

is there any other player play that file under redhat/fedora core4 test2?

does this uninstall the dependencies also

then we will have some broken applications

advice as necessary

ramaswamyps