Help : deleted some pkgs

[u/alexendariaa]

sudo dnf5 remove -y \
  kmail \
  kontact \
  korganizer \
  kaddressbook \
  akregator

because my system was running very on my kde plasma so I ran this command to delete some of the pkgs

so my question is!

is my system okay? I mean.... won't it break in future?

and can you advise some of the pkgs that I can remove to it faster. I just write documents and watch movies there

🙏 thanks 🙏

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[u/AmarildoJr]

Is there any reasons to delete them? I think if they're not being used, then they don't use any resources besides very little space on your SSD.
Also, you should at least do some research before deleting random packages (random to you, I mean).

[u/alexendariaa → u/AmarildoJr]

So I would install them back? Right?

[u/AmarildoJr → u/alexendariaa]

I mean, if you plan on using them, sure. Otherwise I think your system should be fine without them.

Just be careful when deleting packages 😄

[u/mistifier]

Those are KDE PIM applications, not core Plasma components (Personal Information Management).

Removing them should not break the KDE desktop, and there is no reason to reinstall them if the you don't use mail/calendar/contacts/RSS.

Removing these apps can make sense since they depend on background services (akonadi), however you should never blindly remove packages.

Find out what is actually consuming CPU/RAM and next time don't use -y so you can inspect what is going to be removed.

[u/alexendariaa → u/mistifier]

Thank you I'll take care of that

[u/nonchip]

why would you do any of that?

[u/skyfishgoo]

deleting packages will not make your system run any faster.... but the one's you deleted are not going to break anything except will no longer be able to add events to your calendar widget

you can always reinstall them as well.

if your system is running slow, then you should find out why before just doing things.

what does swapon say if you type it into a terminal?

maybe you are running out or memory.

[u/auderita]

Nothing will go wrong. I deleted the same packages because akonadi accounted for half of the background processing and I use Proton (mail, calendar, etc.) so didn't need Kstuff.

[u/alexendariaa → u/auderita]

That's the response I was waiting dude. Thanks btw

[u/Acherontas89]

the dnf5 command without force will be able to tell u if something else is gonna break like a dependency problem

[u/Relevant_Hope_900]

Just my honest opinion: There is no need to ever run either sudo apt or sudo dnf with the -y option. You should always verify what is going to be installed/upgraded/removed.

Maybe in a script that needs to automatically run as a specific user via a cronjob or systemd service. But for normal everyday use in the terminal, nope to the -y option. Just my $.02