http://askubuntu.com/questions/278500/uninstall-empathy-without-affecting-dependencies

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dpkg --get-selections | grep gnome
compiz-gnome					install
firefox-gnome-support				install
gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0			install
gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0				install
gir1.2-gnomekeyring-1.0				install
gnome						install
gnome-accessibility-themes			install
gnome-applets					install
gnome-applets-data				install
gnome-backgrounds				install
gnome-bluetooth					install
gnome-brave-icon-theme				install
gnome-colors					install
gnome-colors-common				install
gnome-common					install
gnome-contacts					install
gnome-control-center				install
gnome-control-center-data			install
gnome-control-center-signon			install
gnome-core					install
gnome-desktop3-data				install
gnome-dictionary				install
gnome-disk-utility				install
gnome-dust-icon-theme				install
gnome-font-viewer				install
gnome-games					install
gnome-games-data				install
gnome-games-extra-data				install
gnome-human-icon-theme				install
gnome-icon-theme				install
gnome-icon-theme-extras				install
gnome-icon-theme-full				install
gnome-icon-theme-symbolic			install
gnome-illustrious-icon-theme			install
gnome-keyring					install
gnome-mahjongg					install
gnome-media					install
gnome-menus					install
gnome-nettool					install
gnome-noble-icon-theme				install
gnome-online-accounts				install
gnome-orca					install
gnome-panel					install
gnome-panel-data				install
gnome-power-manager				install
gnome-screensaver				install
gnome-screenshot				install
gnome-search-tool				install
gnome-session					install
gnome-session-bin				install
gnome-session-canberra				install
gnome-session-common				install
gnome-session-fallback				install
gnome-settings-daemon				install
gnome-shell					install
gnome-shell-common				install
gnome-shell-extensions				install
gnome-sudoku					install
gnome-system-log				install
gnome-system-monitor				install
gnome-terminal					install
gnome-terminal-data				install
gnome-themes-extras				install
gnome-themes-standard				install
gnome-tweak-tool				install
gnome-user-guide				install
gnome-user-share				install
gnome-video-effects				install
gnome-wine-icon-theme				install
gnome-wise-icon-theme				install
language-pack-gnome-en				install
language-pack-gnome-en-base			install
language-pack-gnome-ta				install
language-pack-gnome-ta-base			install
language-selector-gnome				install
libgnome-bluetooth11				install
libgnome-bluetooth8				deinstall
libgnome-control-center1			install
libgnome-desktop-3-2				deinstall
libgnome-desktop-3-4				install
libgnome-keyring-common				install
libgnome-keyring-dev				install
libgnome-keyring0:i386				install
libgnome-media-profiles-3.0-0			install
libgnome-menu-3-0				install
libgnome-menu2					install
libgnome2-0:i386				install
libgnome2-bin					install
libgnome2-common				install
libgnomecanvas2-0:i386				install
libgnomecanvas2-common				install
libgnomekbd-common				install
libgnomekbd7					deinstall
libgnomekbd8					install
libgnomeui-0:i386				install
libgnomeui-common				install
libgnomevfs2-0:i386				install
libgnomevfs2-common				install
libgnomevfs2-extra:i386				install
libpam-gnome-keyring				install
libreoffice-gnome				install
libsoup-gnome2.4-1:i386				install
libswt-gnome-gtk-3-jni				install
network-manager-gnome				install
network-manager-pptp-gnome			install
policykit-1-gnome				install
python-gnome2					install
python-gnomekeyring				install
ssh-askpass-gnome				install
system-config-printer-gnome			install
thunderbird-gnome-support			install
ubuntuone-client-gnome				install
vim-gnome					install