That’s a KDE application, and as such will probably cause issues on any GTK based system … not to mention it will have brought a ton of KDE libraries with it.
Personally I’d remove it:
sudo apt-get remove --purge kshisen
Clean up its dependencies:
sudo apt-get autoremove
Then install shisen.app:
sudo apt-get install shisen.app
You’ll then find it at menu>Games>Shisen
Be aware … I don’t think this version has any audio.
It may be possible to fix the KDE version, but it will be a lot of work figuring it out just for a single simple game.
And/or … if you’re after a simple games suite … try installing the gnome-games package
Hi Mark,
I removed kshisen as you advised and installed the gnome-games package.
Will the instruction ‘apt-get remove --purge’ get rid of any program ? i.e. I want rid of soduku and kmahjong.
Can I just use 'sudo apt-get remove --purge soduku then sudo apt-get autoremove ?
Yes … but be careful with autoremove, it removes orphaned packages (which is what you want) but it may see anything you installed “manually” (ie. anything you’ve not installed through your package managers, such as anything you’ve compiled) as orphaned, and remove those too.
Orphaned packages are taking up hard drive space, but they’re doing no harm … so if disk space isn’t an issue, it’s safe to leave them installed.
But if disk space IS an issue (or like me you just like a streamlined system) it is generally safe to clean up with autoremove as long as you install all your software through the package managers.
When using autoremove, it would be VERY good practice to copy/paste whatever it says it’s going to remove into a text file in your home folder BBEFORE hitting “y” to accept the changes … you can delete the text file once you know everything is OK, but it wwill give you an easy to access record of what to re-install if anything breaks.
It’s also a good habit to use autoremove regularly (after uninstalling ANYTHING, so orphaned packages don’t build up, and you get to see which packages depend on each other), and to keep an eye on what’s being removed (which may not make sense at first, but may teach you what’s what in the long run).
So in summary … if you don’t compile your own software from source code … autoremove should be perfectly safe, but good practice demands you check (and preferably, temporarily copy to an easily accessible text file, and SAVE the text file) what is going to be removed BEFORE accepting the changes
Hi Mark,
I have been running Peppermint OS3 quite happily now, thanks for all your help.
I have noticed it takes a bit longer than it used to to boot up.
I am thinking of ‘streamlining’ the system and I notice another thread about this.
I will see if I can do what I want, if not may I call you back to sort out my self inflicted problems ? :-[
take care
Don W
PS There was no other thread, it was on this thread in earlier posts.
I will try them out later as I want to watch ‘Benidorm’
