how to remove non-free codecs

[JacekZ]

Does anyone know an easy way of removing non-free codecs.

I added the livna repository some time back, to add flash player or something, and along the way found that I could view ".mov" video files that I hadn't been able to view before. It may have had something to do with gstreamer, but if I try and remove that now, the dependencies that it wants to wipe with it seem to cover lots of ordinary things like open office!?

I tried un-ticking livna in pup and then doing yum list extras, but the result didn't mean much to me.

Does anyone know an easy way to work out what to remove to make the system 'free' again?

Thanks
Jacek

[Brian1]

This is one of the reasons Livna repos are hell when it comes to removing some rpms. Many sometimes tie into many others. At your own risk you can use the --force option when removing using the rpm command. If referring to gstreamer then say.
rpm -e gstreamer --force.

Before doing this I would post output of the command
rpm -e gstreamer
To see what other rpms are dependent on it.

Brian

[Dies]

Originally Posted by JacekZ

Does anyone know an easy way of removing non-free codecs.

I added the livna repository some time back, to add flash player or something, and along the way found that I could view ".mov" video files that I hadn't been able to view before. It may have had something to do with gstreamer, but if I try and remove that now, the dependencies that it wants to wipe with it seem to cover lots of ordinary things like open office!?

I tried un-ticking livna in pup and then doing yum list extras, but the result didn't mean much to me.

Does anyone know an easy way to work out what to remove to make the system 'free' again?

Thanks
Jacek

A good start would be to run

yum remove *nonfree*

to remove any packages that have nonfree in the name then run

rpm -qa | grep "lvn"

That will show you all the packages you've installed from the livna repo, you can even do

rpm -qa | grep "lvn" >> nonfree.txt

so you have a file to refer to when you try to remove them. On the upside they shouldn't try to take half your system with them.

[bradchaus]

can you post output of

rpm -qa | grep gstreamer

[JacekZ]

Thanks folks,
sorry for the time to reply.

Here are the various outputs:

$ rpm -e gstreamer
error: Failed dependencies:
        libgstbase-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.6-6.fc8.i386
        libgstbase-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) gstreamer-python-0.10.8-2.fc8.i386
        libgstbase-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.15-1.fc8.i386
        libgstbase-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) rhythmbox-0.11.3-5.fc8.i386
        libgstbase-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) totem-2.20.1-2.fc8.i386
        libgstcontroller-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.6-6.fc8.i386
        libgstcontroller-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) gstreamer-python-0.10.8-2.fc8.i386
        libgstcontroller-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.15-1.fc8.i386
        libgstcontroller-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) rhythmbox-0.11.3-5.fc8.i386
        libgstdataprotocol-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) gstreamer-python-0.10.8-2.fc8.i386
        libgstdataprotocol-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.15-1.fc8.i386
        libgstnet-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) gstreamer-python-0.10.8-2.fc8.i386
        libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) gnome-media-2.20.1-3.fc8.i386
        libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.6-6.fc8.i386
        libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) control-center-2.20.1-5.fc8.i386
        libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) sound-juicer-2.20.1-1.fc8.i386
        libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) gnome-power-manager-2.20.0-6.fc8.i386
        libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) gnome-applets-2.20.0-8.fc8.i386
        libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) gstreamer-python-0.10.8-2.fc8.i386
        libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) wxGTK-2.8.4-6.fc8.i386
        libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) gnomebaker-0.6.2-2.fc8.i386
        libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) openoffice.org-core-2.3.0-6.7.fc8.i386
        libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) gnome-games-2.20.2-1.fc8.i386
        libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) evolution-2.12.2-2.fc8.i386
        libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.15-1.fc8.i386
        libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) rhythmbox-0.11.3-5.fc8.i386
        libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 is needed by (installed) totem-2.20.1-2.fc8.i386
        gstreamer >= 0.10.6 is needed by (installed) gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.6-6.fc8.i386
        gstreamer >= 0.10.4 is needed by (installed) gstreamer-python-0.10.8-2.fc8.i386
        gstreamer >= 0.10.15 is needed by (installed) gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.15-1.fc8.i386
        gstreamer >= 0.10.1 is needed by (installed) totem-2.20.1-2.fc8.i386

$ rpm -qa | grep gstreamer
gstreamer-tools-0.10.15-1.fc8
gstreamer-0.10.15-1.fc8
gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.6-6.fc8
gstreamer-python-0.10.8-2.fc8
gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.15-1.fc8

$ rpm -qa | grep "lvn"
livna-config-display-0.0.20-1.lvn8

[aleph]

try removing the "good" plugins of gstreamer?

[aleph]

try the following commands for a list of package -- license (very slow, not optimized) :

rpm -qa > names.list
rpm -qa -i | grep "License:\ " | cut -d ":" -f 3 > licenses.list
paste names.list licenses.list > licinfo.txt

and view the licinfo.txt file with a text viewer or editor, searching for nonfree licenses.

[Dies]

@JacekZ

You only have one Livna package on your system and that is GPL, so you're done.

Unless you've also used other third party repos, have you?

Also, don't remove the "good" plugins, "good" is in the name for a reason, they come from the Fedora repos.

[JacekZ]

Thanks Dies,
The only repositories I have ever had are adobe, fedora (including fc4, 5, 6, 7), livna and extras.

So I'm done - great! The odd thing is, why can I still view .mov files? I don't think the codecs for .mov are open-free gpl, or are they now?

Jacek

[Dies]

Originally Posted by JacekZ

Thanks Dies,
The only repositories I have ever had are adobe, fedora (including fc4, 5, 6, 7), livna and extras.

So I'm done - great! The odd thing is, why can I still view .mov files? I don't think the codecs for .mov are open-free gpl, or are they now?

Jacek

Have you installed any codecs manually?

Check in

/usr/lib/codecs
/usr/lib/win32
/usr/local/lib/codecs
/usr/local/lib/win32

You can just delete those folders, if you have any of them.

[JacekZ]

No, I have none of these codecs. I did install real player manually one time, but that's it I think.

[Dies]

Originally Posted by JacekZ

No, I have none of these codecs. I did install real player manually one time, but that's it I think.

I doubt Real Player would affect any other programs, but...?

Not sure why it still works for you.

You can always do

rpm -qa > ALL.txt

then wait a while for it to finish, once you get a prompt back have a look at the text file in your home to see if you see anything or even attach it here.

[JacekZ]

Thanks Dies, I wasn't sure what to look out for, so here's the lot:

Jacek

[gabolander]

Originally Posted by JacekZ

Does anyone know an easy way of removing non-free codecs.

I added the livna repository some time back, to add flash player or something, and along the way found that I could view ".mov" video files that I hadn't been able to view before. It may have had something to do with gstreamer, but if I try and remove that now, the dependencies that it wants to wipe with it seem to cover lots of ordinary things like open office!?

I tried un-ticking livna in pup and then doing yum list extras, but the result didn't mean much to me.

Does anyone know an easy way to work out what to remove to make the system 'free' again?

Thanks
Jacek

IMHO, the best way to remove them safely, is to use the "yum remove" command.

It recalculates all dependencies, and tell you what you are about to remove, togheter with the package(s) you specified.

For example, if you type:

yum remove gstreamer-plugins-ugly


.. after it analysing, you'll get:

"Dependencies Resolved

================================================== ===========================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================== ===========================
Removing:
gstreamer-plugins-ugly i386 0.10.6-5.lvn8 installed 574 k

Transaction Summary
================================================== ===========================
Install 0 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 1 Package(s)

Is this ok [y/N]: "

In this way I don't have dependecies linked to this package. Otherwise, It should have showed all the programs/libriaries it had to remove to complete unistall procedure...

At end, you may decide to proceed or not.

Best,
G.

[Dies]

Originally Posted by JacekZ

Thanks Dies, I wasn't sure what to look out for, so here's the lot:

Jacek

Just had a quick look, but nothing really stood out except for Real Player.

But Real Player has no .mov support, so not sure what's going on with your system, though since you've upgraded several times it may be some left overs?

In any case I assume your still able to play these files with Totem?

Can you do

rm -rf .gstreamer*
gst-inspect-0.10

then either post or attach the output from that last command depending on how long it is.