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How do you completely remove ubuntu-desktop along with all installed packages with it? I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 server on vps and used sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop to install.

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Even better than just doing remove, you can use purge and then autoremove.

sudo apt-get purge ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get autoremove

Purge option according to the man page for apt-get:

**purge**
purge is identical to remove except that packages are
removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted too).
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First do

sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get autoremove

Then do the

sudo apt-get remove nautilus nautilus-* gnome-power-manager gnome-screensaver gnome-termina* gnome-pane* gnome-applet* gnome-bluetooth gnome-desktop* gnome-sessio* gnome-user* gnome-shell-common zeitgeist-core libzeitgeist* gnome-control-center gnome-screenshot && sudo apt-get autoremove

to end up with a completely GUI'less environment. This worked for me to remove the ubuntu-desktop I had installed on my Ubuntu Server

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Remove the package and the auto-remove the installed dependencies. As root:

apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop
apt-get autoremove

See also apt-get(8) manual page for the autoremove argument.

autoremove (and the auto-remove alias since 1.1)

autoremove is used to remove packages that were automatically installed to satisfy dependencies for other packages and are now no longer needed.

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sudo apt-get -y purge x11*
sudo apt-get autoremove -y && sudo apt-get autoclean -y

This will make sure that any gui based application will also be deleted (web browsers etc)

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Ubuntu: sudo apt-get --purge remove libgtk-3-common

Kubuntu: sudo apt-get --purge remove libqtcore4 libkdecore5 kdelibs-bin

Lubuntu (Version <= 18.04): sudo apt-get --purge remove libgtk2.0-0

Xubuntu: sudo apt-get --purge remove libgtk2.0-0 libgtk-3-common

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Little script of mine:

#!/bin/bash
sudo apt-get install sed -y
##############UWAGA#################

#potrzebne jest dodatkowe utworzenie dwóch plików:
#usun.txt - gdzie po spacjach wpisujemy paczki do usunięcia - skrypt sam zajmie się usunięciem zależności
#instaluj.txt - gdzie po spacjach wpisujemy paczki do zainstalowania (obligatoryjny jeżeli po reboocie nie chcemy zastać czarnego, zimnego tty ;p)

#aptitude sam rozwiązuje zależności między usuwanymi a instalowanymi paczkami
#nie odpowiadam za ew. szkody ;p
#nie ma za co ;)

usun=`cat usun.txt`
chuj=`apt-cache depends $usun | sed -e 's/.*\ //g' | tr '\r\n' ' '`
instaluj=`cat instaluj.txt`
for i in $instaluj
do
inst=$inst"$i+ "
done
sudo apt-get install aptitude -y
sudo aptitude remove $usun $chuj $inst -y && sudo apt-get autoremove -y && sudo reboot

You have to make 2 additional files:

  1. usun.txt - that should contain metas (like ubuntu-desktop) separated with spaces you want dependencies to get rid of.

  2. instaluj.txt - metas you want to install/keep installed. That would be obligatory if you don't want to see deep, black tty after reboot. Otherwise I'm not responsible for damages.

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