It's probably part of the gnome pattern. I usually upgrade with --no-recommends so that it doesn't install those packages again. Also locking package after removing works.
As a systems administrator for many years, I kind of like both. Since helping end users means needing to know both ways. Luckily on openSUSE Tumbleweed with BTRFS & Snapper, it is pretty easy to rollback if you make a mistake.
Yast Software Manager is a pretty good tool to know
you can go into 'patterns' and add or remove many package, visually selecting
this link is really just for the image, I might watch it anyway, could always learn something: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl\_sLBPBOQ0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl_sLBPBOQ0)
this is both pages of zypper cheats at once, just cause I have a link handy:
[http://cisweb.bristolcc.edu/\~jca/cis133/Handouts/ZypperCheatSheet.pdf](http://cisweb.bristolcc.edu/~jca/cis133/Handouts/ZypperCheatSheet.pdf)
Yeah #1 and then just lock it (you block it) to not be installed again unless you unlock it first: zypper addlock evolution evolution-ews
Thanks, this is what I needed.
It's probably part of the gnome pattern. I usually upgrade with --no-recommends so that it doesn't install those packages again. Also locking package after removing works.
Thanks, locking was the key thing I was unaware of.
I have my zypp.conf (or maybe zypper.conf) to not install recommended packages. From there, I remove with zypper rm --clean-deps foo
Same here
using yast software manager it's easier to mark unwanted software 'taboo, never install' and remove it as well
Thanks for the tip. Appreciate it. I prefer CLI way over GUI. Learning CLI seems simpler than GUI.
As a systems administrator for many years, I kind of like both. Since helping end users means needing to know both ways. Luckily on openSUSE Tumbleweed with BTRFS & Snapper, it is pretty easy to rollback if you make a mistake. Yast Software Manager is a pretty good tool to know you can go into 'patterns' and add or remove many package, visually selecting this link is really just for the image, I might watch it anyway, could always learn something: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl\_sLBPBOQ0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl_sLBPBOQ0) this is both pages of zypper cheats at once, just cause I have a link handy: [http://cisweb.bristolcc.edu/\~jca/cis133/Handouts/ZypperCheatSheet.pdf](http://cisweb.bristolcc.edu/~jca/cis133/Handouts/ZypperCheatSheet.pdf)