how can I remove Evolution and all related packages? I feel like I don't need them.

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from a terminal window give the following command to remove evolution completely

sudo apt-get purge evolution

After this re-validate using dpkg -l|grep -i evolution and remove any other evolution related packages using same command as above.

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Thanks. Re-Validation is a good think. – vrcmr Mar 27 '11 at 13:42
Just don't remove evolution-data-server and friends... – Alistair Buxton Mar 27 '11 at 15:18
@ali1234 What happens when you remove evolution-data-server and friends..? – jrg Mar 31 '11 at 13:10
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It's a dependency of gnome-panel, which in turn is a dependency of quite a lot of gnome stuff. Removing it will remove half your desktop along with it. – Alistair Buxton Apr 4 '11 at 0:04
@ali1234 I hate evolution. It is like microsoft outlook. Overloaded and only needed in business desktop my opinion – vrcmr Apr 28 '11 at 14:09
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Open System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager

Search For Evolution and mark them for complete removal

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Now Apply the changes .

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Now a new window will open and click apply again .

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Evolution will be removed.

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Thanks. Easy solution but not very clean. Some libraries not removed from my computer. – vrcmr Mar 27 '11 at 13:43
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