apt-get remove xorg

How do you remove xorg in Linux / UNIX using apt-get command?

How to Uninstall xorg in Linux with apt-get?

Here is the tutorial to learn how to uninstall xorg with apt-get command.

Step 1: Open a terminal with 'su' access and enter the command as shown below.
apt-get remove xorg -y

Step 2: The command reads the package lists and proceeds with the uninstallation.

Result of the Command Execution shown below:

root@hiox:~ apt-get remove xorg -y
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libsm dev python3 minimal libjaxp1.3 java libjargs java xfonts 75dpi
  libzbar0 rpm2cpio xsltproc libchewing3 data libice dev fakeroot
  libxrandr dev xfonts scalable libexpat1 dev libiw dev libxerces2 java
  debhelper libxdamage dev pkg config libpthread stubs0 scim bridge client gtk
  libsvga1 libxfixes dev g++ 4.4 libibus1 libzend framework php libnspr4 dev
  ibus gtk libxcb render util0 dev scim modules table
  language pack zh hant base x11proto xinerama dev x11proto render dev
  libxi dev java common librpmio0 librpm0 libmagick++2 rpm common po debconf
  icedtea 6 jre cacao libpixman 1 dev libsqlite0 lxde common libdirectfb extra
  java wrappers default jre headless scim znc tcl g++ libfontconfig1 dev
  libscim8c2a intltool debian openjdk 6 jre lib firefox locale zh hans
  firefox locale zh hant python3.1 libnss3 dev xorg docs core x11proto kb dev
  x11proto randr dev libxinerama dev gcc 4.4 pcmanfm openjdk 6 jre headless
  xtrans dev libatk1.0 dev libchewing3 libmenu cache1 libelf1 gettext blt
  x11proto input dev x11proto fixes dev gcc xpdf reader cvs
  linux headers 2.6.32 74 libggi2 linux headers 2.6.32 74 generic
  zend framework bin libgii1 ttf arphic uming x11proto xext dev tzdata java
  libxext dev xfonts wqy scim gtk2 immodule znc perl x11proto damage dev
  language support fonts zh hans language support fonts zh hant
  linux headers generic manpages libnotify dev libglib2.0 dev
  libzookeeper java zlib1g dev lesstif2 libcairo2 dev xfonts 100dpi
  lxmenu data im switch libzzip 0 13 libpango1.0 dev libfreetype6 dev
  build essential libxau dev dpkg dev rpm libgii1 target x librpmbuild0
  scim bridge agent tcl8.5 pinyin database python3 ttf arphic bsmi00lp
  xz utils ibus pinyin db open phrase language pack zh hans base
  python3.1 minimal libc ares2 libc6 dev tk8.5 liblua5.1 0 libxcomposite dev
  libxcb render0 dev libxrender dev lxpanel ttf arphic gbsn00lp
  ca certificates java html2text libxft dev libx11 dev ttf wqy zenhei
  libqt3 mt x11proto composite dev linux libc dev patch manpages dev xvfb
  ttf arphic ukai language pack zh hans language pack zh hant info
  libggi target x libdbus 1 dev libc dev bin libxcb1 dev libgtk2.0 dev
  libmail sendmail perl libdirectfb dev binutils libjpeg62 dev znc extra
  libdbus glib 1 dev libsys hostname long perl liblog4j1.2 java openbsd inetd
  libjline java libnet1 x11proto core dev gnome doc utils libxdmcp dev
  libpthread stubs0 dev libsysfs dev talkd libxcursor dev wimpiggy xpdf common
  scim modules socket libstdc++6 4.4 dev libpng12 dev
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  xorg
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
After this operation, 36.9kB disk space will be freed.
(Reading database ... (Reading database ... 5%(Reading database ... 10%(Reading database ... 15%(Reading database ... 20%(Reading database ... 25%(Reading database ... 30%(Reading database ... 35%(Reading database ... 40%(Reading database ... 45%(Reading database ... 50%(Reading database ... 55%(Reading database ... 60%(Reading database ... 65%(Reading database ... 70%(Reading database ... 75%(Reading database ... 80%(Reading database ... 85%(Reading database ... 90%(Reading database ... 95%(Reading database ... 100%(Reading database ... 138662 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing xorg ...
root@hiox:~

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