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Using Debian 8 Jessie

I don't like geoclue. I want to remove it

Tried to do:

apt-get remove geoclue*

I got:

The following packages will be REMOVED:

  empathy geoclue-2.0 gnome gnome-clocks gnome-core gnome-maps

  task-gnome-desktop

Is there a way to remove it without uninstalling the whole gnome ? I don't have any window manager besides gnome I don't want to brick my install.

Thanks

debian geolocation

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  well, you certainly won't brick your install when there is no desktop environment. That aside: what does apt-get geoclue-2.0 give you? For seeing dependecies of a package, use apt-cache depends gnome which in my case does not list geoclue. Note that the asterisk wildcard in apt-get is a bit dangerous see here (Take note of the comments)
  
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Using Debian 8 Jessie

I don't like geoclue. I want to remove it

Tried to do:

apt-get remove geoclue*

I got:

The following packages will be REMOVED:

  empathy geoclue-2.0 gnome gnome-clocks gnome-core gnome-maps

  task-gnome-desktop

Is there a way to remove it without uninstalling the whole gnome ? I don't have any window manager besides gnome I don't want to brick my install.

Thanks

debian geolocation

share|improve this question

edited Nov 12 '16 at 12:26

GAD3R

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  well, you certainly won't brick your install when there is no desktop environment. That aside: what does apt-get geoclue-2.0 give you? For seeing dependecies of a package, use apt-cache depends gnome which in my case does not list geoclue. Note that the asterisk wildcard in apt-get is a bit dangerous see here (Take note of the comments)
  
  – Fiximan
  Aug 20 '15 at 19:15
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

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Using Debian 8 Jessie

I don't like geoclue. I want to remove it

Tried to do:

apt-get remove geoclue*

I got:

The following packages will be REMOVED:

  empathy geoclue-2.0 gnome gnome-clocks gnome-core gnome-maps

  task-gnome-desktop

Is there a way to remove it without uninstalling the whole gnome ? I don't have any window manager besides gnome I don't want to brick my install.

Thanks

debian geolocation

share|improve this question

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apt-get remove geoclue*

The following packages will be REMOVED:

  empathy geoclue-2.0 gnome gnome-clocks gnome-core gnome-maps

  task-gnome-desktop

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The gnome package depends on gnome-clocks and gnome-maps, and both of those packages depend on geoclue-2.0. So you can't uninstall geoclue-2.0 without uninstalling gnome; you can only replace geoclue-2.0 with a fake package (look up equivs). I don't know what the resulting behaviour of your desktop would be though...

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On a debian based system you can safely neuter geoclue by sending results of it's privacy disrespecting behavior right down to a black hole of nothingness.

Do the following:

Elevate your system privileges via 'sudo' command or log-in as root and do the following:

sudo systemctl disable geoclue.service

sudo systemctl mask geoclue.service

Once done, reboot the host, and when system boots back up, check the output of:

sudo systemctl status geoclue.service

result should look like this:

● geoclue.service

Loaded: masked (/dev/null; bad)

Active: inactive (dead)

That's it! No more chatty behavior to mozilla servers to figure out your geo location.

This does not fix a fundamental issue with gnome foundation and a geoclue developers clueless disregard for a users privacy, as well 'twisting' the users arm in to using gnome+geoclue by default and not providing an option to use gnome-desktop with out this geo-tracing component, but at least you would effectively cripple function of geoclue while continue using gnome-desktop without any issues.

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The gnome package depends on gnome-clocks and gnome-maps, and both of those packages depend on geoclue-2.0. So you can't uninstall geoclue-2.0 without uninstalling gnome; you can only replace geoclue-2.0 with a fake package (look up equivs). I don't know what the resulting behaviour of your desktop would be though...

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The gnome package depends on gnome-clocks and gnome-maps, and both of those packages depend on geoclue-2.0. So you can't uninstall geoclue-2.0 without uninstalling gnome; you can only replace geoclue-2.0 with a fake package (look up equivs). I don't know what the resulting behaviour of your desktop would be though...

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The gnome package depends on gnome-clocks and gnome-maps, and both of those packages depend on geoclue-2.0. So you can't uninstall geoclue-2.0 without uninstalling gnome; you can only replace geoclue-2.0 with a fake package (look up equivs). I don't know what the resulting behaviour of your desktop would be though...

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On a debian based system you can safely neuter geoclue by sending results of it's privacy disrespecting behavior right down to a black hole of nothingness.

Do the following:

Elevate your system privileges via 'sudo' command or log-in as root and do the following:

sudo systemctl disable geoclue.service

sudo systemctl mask geoclue.service

Once done, reboot the host, and when system boots back up, check the output of:

sudo systemctl status geoclue.service

result should look like this:

● geoclue.service

Loaded: masked (/dev/null; bad)

Active: inactive (dead)

That's it! No more chatty behavior to mozilla servers to figure out your geo location.

This does not fix a fundamental issue with gnome foundation and a geoclue developers clueless disregard for a users privacy, as well 'twisting' the users arm in to using gnome+geoclue by default and not providing an option to use gnome-desktop with out this geo-tracing component, but at least you would effectively cripple function of geoclue while continue using gnome-desktop without any issues.

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On a debian based system you can safely neuter geoclue by sending results of it's privacy disrespecting behavior right down to a black hole of nothingness.

Do the following:

Elevate your system privileges via 'sudo' command or log-in as root and do the following:

sudo systemctl disable geoclue.service

sudo systemctl mask geoclue.service

Once done, reboot the host, and when system boots back up, check the output of:

sudo systemctl status geoclue.service

result should look like this:

● geoclue.service

Loaded: masked (/dev/null; bad)

Active: inactive (dead)

That's it! No more chatty behavior to mozilla servers to figure out your geo location.

This does not fix a fundamental issue with gnome foundation and a geoclue developers clueless disregard for a users privacy, as well 'twisting' the users arm in to using gnome+geoclue by default and not providing an option to use gnome-desktop with out this geo-tracing component, but at least you would effectively cripple function of geoclue while continue using gnome-desktop without any issues.

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answered 16 mins ago

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On a debian based system you can safely neuter geoclue by sending results of it's privacy disrespecting behavior right down to a black hole of nothingness.

Do the following:

Elevate your system privileges via 'sudo' command or log-in as root and do the following:

sudo systemctl disable geoclue.service

sudo systemctl mask geoclue.service

Once done, reboot the host, and when system boots back up, check the output of:

sudo systemctl status geoclue.service

result should look like this:

● geoclue.service

Loaded: masked (/dev/null; bad)

Active: inactive (dead)

That's it! No more chatty behavior to mozilla servers to figure out your geo location.

This does not fix a fundamental issue with gnome foundation and a geoclue developers clueless disregard for a users privacy, as well 'twisting' the users arm in to using gnome+geoclue by default and not providing an option to use gnome-desktop with out this geo-tracing component, but at least you would effectively cripple function of geoclue while continue using gnome-desktop without any issues.

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answered 16 mins ago

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