Subj : Re: Removing Gnome
To   : Gamgee
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Sat Oct 25 2025 22:23:22

Gamgee wrote to Mike Powell:

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.

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

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.

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

-- Sean

 

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