Re: [trinity-users] removing games and other cruff.

Felmon Davis composed on 2014-12-27 13:33 (UTC-0500):

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You can safely remove 'meta-packages'...start with 'tde-trinity' since it pulls in a 'full' TDE desktop enviroment.

so this is precisely what I don't understand. if so much depends on a meta-package, how can it be safe to remove the meta-package? there are dependencies here that I definitely do not want to remove. does removal of a meta-package leave the dependent apps intact?

Meta-packages decide what gets added to or included in an installation. Choosing to remove one removes it only.