I had Xubuntu 14.04 beta 1 installed. Now I have installed ubuntu-desktop package but I see that there are still Xubuntu application icons, login screen, theme, boot screen etc.
How to completely remove them and configure the default Ubuntu things?
Will sudo apt-get remove xubuntu-desktop and sudo apt-get autoremove do?
Best way to do this is to open up
/var/log/apt/history.log(orhistory.log.[n].gz) and find the command you ran to install xubuntu-desktop. There's a list of packages there that were specifically installed due to this command. You can runsudo apt-get removewith the packages here, and thensudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktopto restore your system to the earlier state.It will be a long command, but here it is:
For Ubuntu 15.04:
General instruction: For a different version of Ubuntu or any Ubuntu based distribution, run this command and if the package manager fails to locate any of the packages, remove them from the command and run the command again.
Here's a suggestion to make the solution suggested by Fabian a little easier:
On a chrome or firefox console put the full text of the packges
then
presto, you've got the packages to put in your "apt-get remove" command.
Try using tasksel. You should be able to change your config.
Uncheck
Xubuntu desktopand checkUbuntu desktop.I was able to remove the xubuntu desktop with:
To restore the default Ubuntu loading screen:
To restore the default Ubuntu greeter (login screen):
and set the contents of this file (it might not exist already) to: