HOWTO: Completely Remove ubuntu-desktop
29May10
The Ubuntu-Desktop package install a lot more than Gnome. And it has been extremely difficult to remove completely, for me at least, until I found this post on UF.
sudo apt-cache search ubuntu-desktop|grep Depends:|sed s/Depends:\ // |sed s/,//|xargs sudo apt-get remove --purge
That will painlessly remove everything installed by the ubuntu-desktop package, by un-installing all dependancies. Change "depends" to "recommends" to remove recommended packages, or just run
sudo apt-get autoremove
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I guess the problem then lies in how you put back some packages. So many now drag in ubuntu-desktop as a recommend it becomes hard work to keep it out of the way. You really shouldn’t have to often use –no-install-recommends to work around this.
Ya, it can be difficult for those trying to live without Gnome dependencies alright >.<
Yes, recommends have become horribly abused, to the point that it’s best to not install them implicitly. Fortunately, you needn’t use the –no-install-recommends switch every time:
echo ‘APT::Install-Recommends “0″;’ >> /etc/apt/apt.conf
When ever i am remove kubuntu plasma desktop in my laptop and its shows your software was completed removed, but after i am restart my laptop their i saw kubuntu option in login panel. please help me. how can i completed remove kubuntu.
Try using the following Psycocats tutorial http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purekde
sudo apt-cache search ubuntu-desktop|grep Depends: | sed s/Depends:\ // |sed s/,//g | xargs sudo apt-get -y remove –purge
Cheers!!