how to remove kde games

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> i have installed kde ,but there r so many things i dont want. for example ,
> games.  how do i remove kde games individually on command prompt.

To remove: apt-get remove kpoker
To remove with conf files: apt-get --purge remove kpoker

how to remove kde games

> now, if i have to remove whole group called 'Games' instead of individual
> game, how do i do this using command prompt.

One way (there are many) would be to run the following

code:

dpkg -l | grep game | awk '{ print $2 }' > outfile

apt-get --purge remove `cat outfile`

mjrich 08-21-2005

how to remove kde games

> > dpkg -l | grep game | awk '{ print $2 }' > outfile
>
> Only gets those w. game in the name and/or description.
> What's asked for is the *section*.

Fair enough…

dpkg-query -W --showformat '${Section}\t${Package}\n' | grep ^games | awk '{ print $2 }' > outfile

mjrich 08-21-2005