As all distros, install much unused software, so does PCLinuxOS. But when I am trying to remove this software using Synaptic, it marks the dependencies as to be removed too. The problem is that those dependencies are in use from other pieces of software. For example I want to remove KDE's Dragon player and when I mark it for removal, it marks kde-multimedia, too. But this is something used from other applications, like Juk media player. Am I wrong? How to overcome this?
Remove only unused dependencies using Synaptic
linux;package management;dependencies;synaptic
IIRC Synaptic only marks things that are dependent on the package you want to remove. Not the one the program depends upon (which is what I would call dependencies). So I think you wrong. kde-multimedia depends on dragon player and that is why it is marked not vv.If X and Y depend on Z, Z is not uninstalled when X is uninstalled, you have to do apt-get autoremove for that.But it easy to try out and reinstall when things break (through incorrect dependencies).