With my computer connected to directly to an ethernet cable it makes zero sense that I can't uninstall networkmanager, networkmanager-applet and the dinit service.
Crazy that Cinnamon DE has networkmanager-applet as a dependency - - -> It should be optional
I'm using dhcp for internet connection.
Hate extra unneeded software bloat
That dependency comes upstream from Arch. But something tells me it can/should be optional...
(https://i.imgur.com/MnoqX3G.png)
You could file a bug report for cinnamon. Cite that it's optional for other DE's.
A very similar thread a while ago led to me finding out I also had NM installed as a dependency even though I don't use it.
https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,4647.msg29812.html#msg29812 describes how to make a dummy package to satisfy the dependency and prevent the rest of NM being dragged in.
Bug report would still be good idea but in the meantime...........
Hello gripped
You gave me an idea . . .
Yes I just uninstalled [networkmanager] using
.
This leaves network-manager-applet still installed, satisfying the Cinnamon desktop requirement.
Allows me to login into Cinnamon fine.
And I've disabled network-manager-applet service.
Thank you
The problem afaik is if you uninstall a package forcefully it will just be added back in an update where it gets pulled back in as a dependency. You should watch out for that, or of course use the real solution which is a dummy package, as described above