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Liso
Asked: 2014-03-04 19:33:48 +0800 CST

How do I remove XFCE from my computer?

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My computer is overheating because I got too many desktop environments installed like: MATE, Cinnamon and XFCE. I uninstalled them, but XFCE failed to uninstall. I get this error.

 sudo apt-get purge xfce4
    Reading package lists... Error!
    E: Problem syncing the file - sync (5: Input/output error)
    E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
13.04

6 Answers

  1. Try this

    sudo apt-get purge xfconf xfce4-utils xfwm4 xfce4-session xfdesktop4 exo-utils xfce4-panel xfce4-terminal  thunar

    followed by

    sudo apt autoremove
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  2. Best Answer

    Try these

    sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get update

    Now 

    sudo apt-get purge xfce4
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  3. In my case (Mint with cinnamon and XFCE) I did:

    sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get update

    THEN:

    sudo apt-get purge xfce4  # failed

    THEN:

    sudo apt-get purge xfconf
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get update
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  4. From this link

    You can run the following to remove xfce from your computer, completely:

    dpkg -l | grep .xfce. | xargs sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove --yes
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  5. try this sudo apt purge ^xfce4* then sudo apt autoremove

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  6. try : sudo apt-get remove xfce4-* this helps in removing all linked packages, after you have executed sudo apt-get purge xfce4, of course.

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