[xubuntu-users] Alternative display managers that work with 14.10

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Fri, 5 Dec 2014 16:07:51 +0000, Chris Green wrote:
>     gdm - works but brings in loads of dependencies like Evolution
>             which I'd rather not have

I don't thinks so.

http://packages.ubuntu.com/utopic/gdm

I didn't check the dependencies of the dependencies, but I suspect non
of the hard dependencies adds Evolution. Likely an optional
dependency ("recommended"/"suggested" dependencies) of a
dependency does.

Use the package management tool of your choice in a way, that it does
not install optional dependencies.

Assumed Evolution should be a hard dependency, of a hard dependency,
then install an Evolution dummy package. Empty dummy packages can be
easily build using equivs,
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-helpers.en.html .
Evolution provides nothing GDM needs, so installing a dummy won't break
anything, but I suspect Evolution isn't a hard dependency of a hard
dependency.