How do you remove xubuntu desktop in Linux / UNIX using apt-get command?
Here is the tutorial to learn how to uninstall xubuntu desktop with apt-get command.
Step 1: Open a terminal with 'su' access and enter the command as shown below.
apt-get remove xubuntu desktop -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 xubuntu desktop -y
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
python3 minimal libjaxp1.3 java libjargs java libzbar0 rpm2cpio
libchewing3 data fakeroot libxerces2 java scim bridge client gtk libsvga1
libibus1 libzend framework php ibus gtk scim modules table
language pack zh hant base java common librpmio0 librpm0 libmagick++2
rpm common icedtea 6 jre cacao libsqlite0 java wrappers default jre headless
scim znc tcl libscim8c2a openjdk 6 jre lib firefox locale zh hans
firefox locale zh hant python3.1 gcc 4.4 openjdk 6 jre headless libchewing3
libelf1 blt gcc linux headers 2.6.32 74 libggi2
linux headers 2.6.32 74 generic zend framework bin libgii1 ttf arphic uming
tzdata java xfonts wqy scim gtk2 immodule znc perl
language support fonts zh hans language support fonts zh hant
linux headers generic manpages libzookeeper java im switch libzzip 0 13 rpm
libgii1 target x librpmbuild0 scim bridge agent tcl8.5 pinyin database
python3 ttf arphic bsmi00lp ibus pinyin db open phrase
language pack zh hans base python3.1 minimal libc ares2 libc6 dev tk8.5
liblua5.1 0 ttf arphic gbsn00lp ca certificates java ttf wqy zenhei
libqt3 mt linux libc dev patch manpages dev ttf arphic ukai
language pack zh hans language pack zh hant libggi target x libc dev bin
binutils znc extra liblog4j1.2 java openbsd inetd libjline java libnet1
talkd scim modules socket
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
xubuntu desktop
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
After this operation, 45.1kB 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 ... 131955 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing xubuntu desktop ...
root@hiox:~