How to remove kde without removing gnome and cinnamon, fedora 25?
Some while ago I installed KDE Plasma ("sudo dnf group install kde-desktop-environment") to give it a try, however I want now to uninstall it ("sudo dnf group remove kde-desktop-environment"). The problem is that when I issue the command to uninstall KDE it will uninstall also gnome and cinnamon. I found that there was a bug filed on bugzilla about a very similar scenario, i.e. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.... , however the proposed solution of running "sudo dnf group install 'Fedora Workstation'" to mark the gnome packages as belonging to the 'Fedora Workstation' group does not work for me.
When I run the 'sudo dnf group list' command it tells me that both 'Fedora Workstation' and 'Cinnamon Desktop' groups are installed, as it can be observed in the first listing below. I am perplexed as to why then removing KDE would remove gnome and cinnamon as well.
As opposed to the bug on bugzilla, I started with a fresh install of fedora 22 some while ago which I progressively updated to each new version of fedora to bring me now at fedora 25. I don't know if this plays a part or not however.
After the result of running "sudo dnf group list", one can also find the list of packages that were installed when I ran the command "sudo dnf group install kde-desktop-environment" to install the KDE desktop and the list of packages that the command "sudo dnf group remove kde-desktop-environment" wants to remove.
My question is then how can I remove KDE without removing gnome and cinnamon? Or what can I do to mark the gnome/cinnamon packages as belonging to their respective group such that they won't be removed when I try to remove KDE?
-> result of "sudo dnf group list":
Available environment groups:
Fedora Custom Operating System
Minimal Install
Fedora Server Edition
Fedora Cloud Server
Xfce Desktop
LXDE Desktop
Hawaii Desktop
LXQt Desktop
MATE Desktop
Sugar Desktop Environment
Development and Creative Workstation
Web Server
Infrastructure Server
Installed environment groups:
Fedora Workstation
KDE Plasma Workspaces
Cinnamon Desktop
Basic Desktop
Installed groups:
Administration Tools
LibreOffice
Office/Productivity
Fonts
Hardware Support
System Tools
Available groups:
3D Printing
Ansible node
Audio Production
Authoring and Publishing
Books and Guides
C Development Tools and Libraries
Cloud Infrastructure
Cloud Management Tools
Container Management
D Development Tools and Libraries
Design Suite
Development Tools
Domain Membership
Fedora Eclipse
Editors
Educational Software
Electronic Lab
Engineering and Scientific
FreeIPA Server
Headless Management
MATE Applications
MATE Compiz
Medical Applications
Milkymist
Network Servers
Robotics
RPM Development Tools
Security Lab
Text-based Internet
Window Managers
Games and Entertainment
Sound and Video
-> packages that were installed when I ran "sudo dnf group install kde-desktop-environment"
Transaction performed with:
Upgraded dnf-1.1.10-4.fc25.noarch @@commandline
Upgraded rpm-4.13.0-6.fc25.x86_64 @@commandline
Packages Altered:
Install NetworkManager-l2tp-1.2.4-1.fc25.x86_64 @updates
Install NetworkManager-libreswan-1.2.4-1.fc25.x86_64 @fedora
Install PackageKit-Qt5-0.9.5-6.fc24.x86_64 @fedora
Install adcli-0.8.0-2.fc24.x86_64 @fedora
Install adobe-source-han-sans-tw-fonts-1.004-3.fc24.noarch @fedora
Install akregator-16.08 ...