By removing proper files from /usr/share/applications/hildon directory, you can remove them from the menu. But then we are again close to breaking the installation. Well it doesn't really break anything but accidentally removing wrong files can be bad.
simple... install the gain root extra...
pull up terminal and issue this command
$ apt-get remove game*
This will REMOVE ALL the games
PS: I always do this to get rid of games from my ubuntu server and Linux box to remove games since i rarely play games anymore...
Here is the output..
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Nokia-N900-42-11:~# apt-get remove game*
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting osso-games-startup for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting osso-games-l10n-nlnl for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting osso-games-l10n-nono for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting python-pygame for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting python2.5-pygame for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting python-pygame instead of python2.5-pygame
Note, selecting osso-games-l10n-plpl for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting osso-sounds-game-chess for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting osso-games-l10n-public for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting osso-games-l10n-mr for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting osso-games-l10n-mr0 instead of osso-games-l10n-mr
Note, selecting osso-graphics-game-chess for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting osso-games-l10n-ptpt for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting osso-games-l10n-dadk for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting osso-games-l10n-dede for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting osso-games-l10n-ruru for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting hildon-games-wrapper0 for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting osso-games-l10n-cscz for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting osso-games-l10n-svse for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting osso-games-l10n-engb for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting osso-games-l10n-fifi for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting osso-graphics-game-mahjong for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting osso-games-l10n-enus for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting osso-games-l10n-eses for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting osso-games-l10n-esmx for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting osso-games-l10n-frca for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting python2.3-pygame for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting osso-games-l10n-frfr for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting osso-games-l10n-mr0 for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting osso-graphics-game-lmarbles for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting osso-sounds-game-mahjong for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting osso-games-l10n-itit for regex 'game*'
Note, selecting python2.4-pygame for regex 'game*'
The following packages will be REMOVED:
hildon-games-wrapper0 maemoblocks mp-fremantle-generic-pr osso-chess-ui
osso-games-l10n-cscz osso-games-l10n-dadk osso-games-l10n-dede
osso-games-l10n-engb osso-games-l10n-enus osso-games-l10n-eses
osso-games-l10n-esmx osso-games-l10n-fifi osso-games-l10n-frca
osso-games-l10n-frfr osso-games-l10n-itit osso-games-l10n-mr0
osso-games-l10n-nlnl osso-games-l10n-nono osso-games-l10n-plpl
osso-games-l10n-ptpt osso-games-l10n-ruru osso-games-l10n-svse
osso-games-startup osso-graphics-game-chess osso-graphics-game-lmarbles
osso-graphics-game-mahjong osso-lmarbles osso-mahjong
osso-sounds-game-chess osso-sounds-game-mahjong
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 30 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
After this operation, 5276kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
(Reading database ... 20544 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing mp-fremantle-generic-pr ...
Removing maemoblocks ...
Removing osso-lmarbles ...
Removing hildon-games-wrapper0 ...
Removing osso-chess-ui ...
Removing osso-mahjong ...
Removing osso-games-startup ...
Removing osso-games-l10n-mr0 ...
Removing osso-games-l10n-cscz ...
Removing osso-games-l10n-dadk ...
Removing osso-games-l10n-dede ...
Removing osso-games-l10n-engb ...
Removing osso-games-l10n-enus ...
Removing osso-games-l10n-eses ...
Removing osso-games-l10n-esmx ...
Removing osso-games-l10n-fifi ...
Removing osso-games-l10n-frca ...
Removing osso-games-l10n-frfr ...
Removing osso-games-l10n-itit ...
Removing osso-games-l10n-nlnl ...
Removing osso-games-l10n-nono ...
Removing osso-games-l10n-plpl ...
Removing osso-games-l10n-ptpt ...
Removing osso-games-l10n-ruru ...
Removing osso-games-l10n-svse ...
Removing osso-graphics-game-chess ...
Removing osso-graphics-game-lmarbles ...
Removing osso-graphics-game-mahjong ...
Removing osso-sounds-game-chess ...
Removing osso-sounds-game-mahjong ...
Nokia-N900-42-11:~#
so far everything on the N900 is working just fine. If i have to reflash then so be it but to completely remove those games use that command.
BTW, if you looked at the lines, you can actually remove the games individually by using dpkg -l i think to get a list of packages installed and remove them that way looking at the output.
simple... install the gain root extra...
pull up terminal and issue this command
$ apt-get remove game*
This will REMOVE ALL the games
PS: I always do this to get rid of games from my ubuntu server and Linux box to remove games since i rarely play games anymore...
Here is the output..
so far everything on the N900 is working just fine. If i have to reflash then so be it but to completely remove those games use that command.
BTW, if you looked at the lines, you can actually remove the games individually by using dpkg -l i think to get a list of packages installed and remove them that way looking at the output.
But that also removes pygame which is a bad idea, as some none-game Python applications use that.
How would this affect updates - surely if a package isn't installed you simply don't install updates for it, if it is, you do.
The package mp-fremantle-generic-pr depends on all the games, so uninstalling the games will remove that package as well, which removes the ability to do SSU upgrades.
However, you can create fake packages using "equivs" from Debian that contain no data, but provide (and conflict with) the relevant game packages:
(i.e. create a package that provides, conflicts with and replaces "osso-lmarbles", and then install it on your device, which should keep the dependencies satisfied, but removes the game contents which should save some space)
Losing the metapackage would prevent updates pulling in anything new (unless it was a dependency of another update) but you'd still get updates of all the installed packages surely? The individual updates all appear as normal debs in repositories, no?
