I installed openSUSE 13.1 and I want to install Oracle jdk. What I intended was to first uninstall open_jdk/ice tea stuff as I won't be needing them anyway but it seems I cannot uninstall them without having other non-Oracle java packages installed.us...r@linux-rvhj:/tmp/mc-junip> sudo zypper rm java-1_7*Loading repository data...Reading installed packages...Resolving package dependencies...The following 4 NEW packages are going to be installed:  gcc48-gij gcc-gij java-1_5_0-gcj-compat libgcj48 The following 3 packages are going to be REMOVED:  icedtea-web java-1_7_0-openjdk java-1_7_0-openjdk-headless 4 new packages to install, 3 to remove.Overall download size: 9.3 MiB. After the operation, 25.8 MiB will be freed.Continue? [y/n/p/? shows all options] (y): How do I just uninstall packages without being forced any alternatives? And why zypper behaves like this? To prevent situation when dependencies of other packeges are removed?
Why uninstalling openjdk automatically triggers an installation of the alternatives on zypper openSUSE?
package management;opensuse;java