[SOLVED] Remove or disable discover...

[Debian_purist]

howdy folks ...

Can i delete or at least disable ( HOW ) discover software center ?

tia !

[stevepusser]

Watch out for metapackage issues, though...let us know if it then makes hundreds of packages autoremovable. There's ways to fix that.

[Debian_purist]

What's the mystery ?

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# apt remove --purge plasma-discover-common plasma-discover
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  apt-config-icons-large libqt5designer5 python-apt-common python3-apt python3-pycurl python3-pyqt5 python3-sip python3-software-properties
  software-properties-common software-properties-kde unattended-upgrades
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  plasma-discover* plasma-discover-common*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 27 not upgraded.
After this operation, 11.4 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 259311 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing plasma-discover (5.13.4-1) ...
Removing plasma-discover-common (5.13.4-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.61) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-3) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
(Reading database ... 259059 files and directories currently installed.)
Purging configuration files for plasma-discover-common (5.13.4-1) ...
Purging configuration files for plasma-discover (5.13.4-1) ...

You should be able to just uninstall it - I did

[milomak]

What's the mystery ?

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# apt remove --purge plasma-discover-common plasma-discover
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  apt-config-icons-large libqt5designer5 python-apt-common python3-apt python3-pycurl python3-pyqt5 python3-sip python3-software-properties
  software-properties-common software-properties-kde unattended-upgrades
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  plasma-discover* plasma-discover-common*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 27 not upgraded.
After this operation, 11.4 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 259311 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing plasma-discover (5.13.4-1) ...
Removing plasma-discover-common (5.13.4-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.61) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-3) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
(Reading database ... 259059 files and directories currently installed.)
Purging configuration files for plasma-discover-common (5.13.4-1) ...
Purging configuration files for plasma-discover (5.13.4-1) ...

so i tried this

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# aptitude -s remove plasma-discover
The following packages will be REMOVED:  
  gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0{u} plasma-discover plasma-discover-common{u} python3-software-properties{u} software-properties-common{u} software-properties-kde{u} unattended-upgrades{u} 
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 7 to remove and 13 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 12.5 MB will be freed.

Note: Using 'Simulate' mode.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Would download/install/remove packages

so which asks the question whether the user has ever used discover any other way