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05 | 2011
Uninstalling a single component of a meta-package
Classified in : Homepage, Debian, Command line, To remember
Or how to get rid of Evolution without removing your whole system
![Tree from a GNOME package to Evolution, GIMP and Brasero packages](https://tanguy.ortolo.eu/blog/data/images/illustrations/gnome-dep.png)
There is a complain I have heard several times from people after they installed Debian: “I use Icedove/Thunderbird so I do not need Evolution: I tried to remove it but this would remove my whole system, that sucks!”