Well, I got a boatload of "unable to locate" errors and apt-get just exited, as it did with you:
Code:
[sudo] password for ubuntu:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Virtual packages like 'gir1.2-dee-0.5' can't be removed
Virtual packages like 'gir1.2-indicate-0.6' can't be removed
Virtual packages like 'gir1.2-unity-4.0' can't be removed
Virtual packages like 'gnome-games-common' can't be removed
Virtual packages like 'gnome-mahjongg' can't be removed
Virtual packages like 'gnome-utils-common' can't be removed
Note, selecting 'libebook-1.2-12' instead of 'libebook1.2-12'
Note, selecting 'libecal-1.2-10' instead of 'libecal1.2-10'
Note, selecting 'libedataserver-1.2-15' instead of 'libedataserver1.2-15'
Virtual packages like 'libgail-3-common' can't be removed
Virtual packages like 'libgexiv2-0' can't be removed
Virtual packages like 'libgstfarsight0.10-0' can't be removed
Virtual packages like 'libminiupnpc5' can't be removed
Virtual packages like 'libnautilus-extension1' can't be removed
Virtual packages like 'libnux-1.0-common' can't be removed
Virtual packages like 'libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio' can't be removed
Virtual packages like 'libubuntuone-1.0-1' can't be removed
Virtual packages like 'libunity6' can't be removed
Virtual packages like 'python-farsight' can't be removed
E: Unable to locate package banshee-extension-ubuntuonemusicstore
E: Unable to locate package libcdio-cdda0
E: Unable to locate package libcdio-paranoia0
E: Unable to locate package libcdio10
E: Unable to locate package libdee-1.0-1
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libdee-1.0-1'
E: Unable to locate package libgdata1.7-cil
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libgdata1.7-cil'
E: Unable to locate package libgmime-2.4-2
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libgmime-2.4-2'
E: Unable to locate package libgmime2.4-cil
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libgmime2.4-cil'
E: Unable to locate package libgssdp-1.0-2
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libgssdp-1.0-2'
E: Unable to locate package libgtkspell3-0
E: Unable to locate package libgupnp-1.0-3
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libgupnp-1.0-3'
E: Unable to locate package libgupnp-igd-1.0-3
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libgupnp-igd-1.0-3'
E: Unable to locate package libindicator3-6
E: Unable to locate package libindicator6
E: Unable to locate package libnux-1.0-0
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libnux-1.0-0'
E: Unable to locate package libpoppler-glib6
E: Unable to locate package libquvi0
E: Unable to locate package libtelepathy-farsight0
E: Unable to locate package libubuntuone1.0-cil
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libubuntuone1.0-cil'
E: Unable to locate package libunity-core-4.0-4
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libunity-core-4.0-4'
E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-3.0.0-12
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-3.0.0-12'
E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-3.0.0-12-generic
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-3.0.0-12-generic'
E: Unable to locate package python-papyon
E: Unable to locate package telepathy-butterfly
Code:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get purge ubuntu-desktop
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
ubuntu-desktop*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 58.4 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 188165 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing ubuntu-desktop ...
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
What the heck?
EDIT: See here:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/de...html#s-virtual
EDIT2: On the offchance of aptitude doing any better than apt-get, I installed it and ran the whole string listed in your tutorial and all that accomplished was removing KDE (and a whole boatload of other stuff) entirely.
I've attached a text file of the output I got.
Note: KDE no longer loads after running that and it looks like all the gnome stuff is still there, judging from what is listed in /etc/init.d/
EDIT since I didn't mention it last night, removing all those packages from aptitude resulted in an unbootable system - all it did was sit at the kde start screen and didn't do anything else.
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