Subj : Re: Removing Gnome
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Gamgee
Date : Sun Oct 26 2025 10:01:35

-=> Sean Dennis wrote to Gamgee <=-

 G> I've never tried to do such a thing, but I suspect there's quite a bit
 G> more to it than just an 'apt remove' command.  I think Gnome is much
 G> more entwined than that.

 SD> The big problem with removing GNOME is dependency hell and apt will try
 SD> to remove programs that have nothing to do with GNOME. It's not
 SD> something I deal with a lot but it's just another minor detail.

That's what I meant above where I said it was very "entwined" into the 
OS.

 G> My thoughts are that you should probably just back up whatever's needed
 G> (maybe just the /home directory), and then reinstall a fresh version of
 G> whatever distro you prefer, and restore home/data stuff.

 SD> Nah, that's overkill in this case.  You have to be careful with
 SD> dependency hell but once that's taken care of, a "apt remove --purge
 SD> gnome" command will do the trick.

I'm not understanding something here...  How exactly do you "take care 
of dependency hell" before using the "apt remove" command?  You probably 
can't tell exactly what other programs depend on Gnome, and how will you 
prevent 'apt' from removing them?  The devil is in the details...

Again, I would back up my home directory, wipe/reinstall with the 
Desktop desired (xfce for me), and be done.



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