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    Script to remove Kubuntu or Xubuntu in full

    I noticed several people asking how to remove KDE or XFCE completly from their installs, well this script does just that very quickly and easy.

    **NOW IT ASK YOU BEFORE DESTROYING YOUR SYSTEM**

    WARNING!!!
    THIS SCRIPT IS NOT TESTED UNDER ALL CONDITIONS AND YOUR RESULTS MAY VARY.


    I have only tested it to remove xubuntu but it should work fine with kubuntu as well.

    You must have meta packages ubuntu-desktop and either kubuntu-desktop or xubuntu-desktop.

    HOW TO USE:

    download... http://jimmyjazz.homeip.net:808/debuntu.tar.gz

    tar xvf /home/james/Desktop/debuntu.tar.gz

    cd ./debuntu

    to remove kubuntu...

    ./removekubuntu.py

    to remove xubuntu... (tested and works well)

    ./removexubuntu.py

    (please note that the above two commands will remove the respected meta packages only after comparing them to the standard ubuntu-desktop package, hence reverting you back to the standard gnome desktop, I will fix this to allow for other desktop packages at a later time)


    to remove ubuntu Gnome version(yikes)... (a very bad idea!)


    ./removegubuntu.py

    anyways try it out and leave comments if it works well for you (or doesn't)

    **UPDATE***

    added "removegubuntu.py" to remove Gnome version of ubuntu (not really a great idea if you ask me)

    8-29-2006: Added even more safety precautions to the scripts, they should be safe for most all users now. Also I removed the gnome version removal script for the time being.


    4-14-2006: Made scripts much safer by allowing apt to ask before removing packages, all the scripts are now mostly safe to use (as long as you have some small idea what you are doing).
    Last edited by JimmyJazz; August 30th, 2006 at 12:03 AM.

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    Re: Script to remove Kubuntu or Xubuntu in full

    What about ./removeubuntu.py Will this work too?

    eriefisher
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    Re: Script to remove Kubuntu or Xubuntu in full

    Quote Originally Posted by eriefisher
    What about ./removeubuntu.py Will this work too?

    eriefisher
    No as he didnt make a ubuntu removeing script as i can see.

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    Re: Script to remove Kubuntu or Xubuntu in full

    Quote Originally Posted by eriefisher
    What about ./removeubuntu.py Will this work too?

    eriefisher
    someday perhaps, someday.

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    Re: Script to remove Kubuntu or Xubuntu in full

    Quote Originally Posted by eriefisher
    What about ./removeubuntu.py Will this work too?

    eriefisher
    actually I just updated the package with a new script called removegubuntu.py to remove the gnome ubuntu packages
    try it at your own risk...
    ./removegubuntu.py

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    Re: Script to remove Kubuntu or Xubuntu in full

    work with xubuntu here

    thanks J

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    Re: Script to remove Kubuntu or Xubuntu in full

    Quote Originally Posted by Thiago
    work with xubuntu here

    thanks J
    excellent, has anyone tried it with kubuntu?

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    Re: Script to remove Kubuntu or Xubuntu in full

    ****!
    I tried to remove KDE with it, it removed all the Gnome stuff!!
    half my system is gone!

    what do i do now???

    should I reinstall ubuntu?

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    Re: Script to remove Kubuntu or Xubuntu in full

    fortunately, I left the terminal before it deleted EVERYTHING...
    so I have the synaptics, I'm in the process of downloading Gnome again now...

    This was very unsuccesfull...
    you did it the other way round or something...

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    Re: Script to remove Kubuntu or Xubuntu in full

    maybe I can suggest a '-s' argument for the script so that it only show what packages it would remove and testers will be more willing to try it

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