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Asked: 2015-10-26 11:36:30 +0800 CST

Remove gnome from Xubuntu

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I tried out Gnome-shell on Xubuntu 15.10 by installing the meta-package "gnome". I didn't like it much, so I want to remove it again.

I tried apt-get purge gnome && apt-get autoremove, but unfortunately I got an error on boot, so I decided to reinstall gnome. Everything works fine, but I'd like to get rid of gnome again.

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1 Answers

  1. Test this:

    Switch on your computer.

    Press and hold the Shift key, which will bring up the Grub menu.

    Select the line which starts with Advanced options.

    Select the line ending with (recovery mode)

    Press Return and your machine will begin the boot process.

    Your computer should display a menu with a number of options.

    One of the options will be Enable networking. Press Return with this option highlighted.

    Other of the options will be Drop to root shell prompt. Press Return with this option highlighted.

    In the terminal enter the commands:

    mount -o remount,rw /
mount --all
apt-get update
apt-get install --reinstall aptitude deborphan
aptitude remove '?and(?reverse-depends(gnome),?not(?reverse-depends(?exact-name(xubuntu-desktop))))'
apt-get install --reinstall xubuntu-desktop
apt-get dist-upgrade
deborphan
apt-get --purge remove $(deborphan)
deborphan --libdevel
apt-get --purge remove $(deborphan --libdevel)
deborphan --find-config
dpkg --purge $(deborphan --find-config)
apt-get autoremove
apt-get clean
reboot
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