BearPear@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoHow do I remove a DE from debian?message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up147arrow-down1message-squareHow do I remove a DE from debian?BearPear@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelily33@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoThat’s the way. However, I’d like to add that when I used Debian, I regularly got leftovers after uninstalling things, especially when removing big things work lots of dependencies. So expect some dependencies to remain.
minus-squareMangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThat’s just how package managers seem to work in my experience. Even using --purge on APT leaves behind a ton of junk.
apt remove --auto-remove xfce4That’s the way. However, I’d like to add that when I used Debian, I regularly got leftovers after uninstalling things, especially when removing big things work lots of dependencies. So expect some dependencies to remain.
That’s just how package managers seem to work in my experience. Even using
--purgeon APT leaves behind a ton of junk.Thanks