> On Saturday 17 September 2011 15:19:00 Timothy Pearson wrote:
>> > On Friday 16 September 2011 20:39:01 Timothy Pearson wrote:
>> >> > Le 16/09/2011 19:32, Timothy Pearson a écrit :
>> >> >>> The objective was to install Firefox 5.0.
>> >> >>>    1 - I copied a directory /usr/local/firefox/ from a system
>> used
>> >> >>> before
>> >> >>>    2 - I tried to edit a firefox icon coming also from the other
>> >> >>> system,
>> >> >>>    3 - I completely uninstalled firefox using Synaptic (that did
>> not
>> >> >>> removed the ~/.mozilla/).
>> >> >>
>> >> >> When you deinstalled Firefox I think you took
>> >> >> kubuntu-default-settings-trinity with it.  Check to make sure that
>> it
>> >> is
>> >> >> still installed.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Tim
>> >> >
>> >> > Hi Tim,
>> >> >
>> >> > Indeed, the package "kubuntu-default-settings-trinity" was
>> >>
>> >> automatically
>> >>
>> >> > added. Simply reinstalling the package should be enough to restore
>> my
>> >> > system, if I have this trouble again?
>> >>
>> >> I would think so.  Without that package, the system reverts to a very
>> >> old
>> >> set of defaults that don't work the way most people would expect.
>> >>
>> >> Tim
>> >
>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >       Hello all,
>> >
>> >       I did not succed uninstalling neither Firefox nor Thunderbird,
>> > while keeping the "redmond-default-settings-kde3" package, with the
>> > graphic tools
>> > Synaptic, Adept and Kpackage. :-/ :-/
>> >
>> >       Sincerely,
>> > Patrick
>>
>> That is because redmond-default-settings-kde3 depends on both of those
>> tools.  It is an unadvertised (internal) convenience package used to
>> create the Enterprise Edition LiveDVD for Ubuntu.
>>
>> I suppose if there is interest in that package I could look into moving
>> some dependencies into the recommends field instead, but I would need a
>> list of applications that should be moved there.
>>
>> Tim
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>       Hello all,
>
>       I do not know what to say. I can start Firefox_6 as root, with its
> settings (/root/.mozilla). This could be a problem for the novice user in
> Linux ...
>
>       Do-it would work if:
> 1 - I write a script making backup copies of the files included in the
>       package Redmond-default-settings-kde3,
> 2 - I removed the package Firefox and Thunderbird,
> 3 - I restore files backed up in 1 -
> or could other packages be damaged ?
>
>       Sincerely,
> Patrick
>

It would work in theory, but it would be difficult to maintain to say the
least.

What I will do is move some applications, such as firefox and thunderbird,
to the Recommends field instead.  This will allow you to remove them
without breaking the redmond-defaults-settings-trinity package.

Tim