I'm trying to remove LXDE from my 12.04 system.
I've tried running the following commands (as root from a terminal):
apt-get remove lxde
I've also tried a rather lengthy command that was linked to from another question.
apt-get purge lxde
apt-get autoremove
However, when I log in, LXDE is still presented as an environment choice, and it still functions perfectly well, as if I've done nothing.
I ran the above commands again, but got the following message:
package . . . is not installed, so not removed.
So, where do I go from here, short of re-installing Ubuntu and all my programs?
3 Answers
I don't know if you got this solved by now or not, but I think your problem is lxde-core is itself a meta package. To reverse
apt-get install lxde
you need to
apt-get remove lxde gpicview leafpad lxappearance lxde-core lxde-common lxinput lxmusic lxpanel lxsession lxsession-edit lxshortcut lxterminal openbox-themes openbox pcmanfm xarchiver xscreensaver
apt-get autoremove
What you can do is, to first, check the dependency of the lxde
.
You can do this using the apt-cache
command.
sudo apt-cache show lxde
This enables you to remove dependency packages.
So far, this has worked for me!
lxde-core
and tried removing all the dependencies given by the original install (usedapt-get install -s lxde
to get list). still though, when I log in, LXDE still shows up (AND FUNCTIONS) as an environment choice in the menu.