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I have a VPS that has Ubuntu 11.10 on it. Unfortunately, only the 11.10 Desktop (not server) image was available as an image to install your VPS with. How can I remove the packages included in the Desktop install, and, if needed, install the packages that only the server install has?

I've tried sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop and then sudo apt-get autoremove. Unfortunately, that didn't work: it only removed 'libjudy-debian' (or something like that) which was installed from having 'miredo' installed at one point.

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I have a VPS that has Ubuntu 11.10 on it. Unfortunately, only the 11.10 Desktop (not server) image was available as an image to install your VPS with. How can I remove the packages included in the Desktop install, and, if needed, install the packages that only the server install has?

I've tried sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop and then sudo apt-get autoremove. Unfortunately, that didn't work: it only removed 'libjudy-debian' (or something like that) which was installed from having 'miredo' installed at one point.

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I have a VPS that has Ubuntu 11.10 on it. Unfortunately, only the 11.10 Desktop (not server) image was available as an image to install your VPS with. How can I remove the packages included in the Desktop install, and, if needed, install the packages that only the server install has?

I've tried sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop and then sudo apt-get autoremove. Unfortunately, that didn't work: it only removed 'libjudy-debian' (or something like that) which was installed from having 'miredo' installed at one point.

server xorg apt

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Right autoremove only removes packages that were installed automatically as part of other package installs. The things installed in the image are seeded and so all are basically considered "manual".

You'll probably get rid of most of them by getting rid of Xorg:

sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-core

And then do another autoremove.

There will likely be other things that are left around that you don't need.. but .. really.. why not just ask your VPS provider for a server image.. isn't it a little silly that they even offer the desktop image?

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To remove x11 and everything that uses it, including all configuration:

apt-get purge libx11.* libqt.*

Unlike the accepted answer (remove xserver-xorg-core) this one will also remove all desktop packages like Firefox etc.

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  Yes it will be removed. Do apt-get --assume-no remove libx11.* libqt.* to see all of the packages that will be removed.
  
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  yes, i'm doing this now, it removes quite a lot more than the accepted answer and it's all things you don't want there anyway. pastebin.com/mQK1MYCH
  
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sudo apt-get purge -y libx11.* libqt.* libgtk.
sudo apt-get autoremove -y

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Right autoremove only removes packages that were installed automatically as part of other package installs. The things installed in the image are seeded and so all are basically considered "manual".

You'll probably get rid of most of them by getting rid of Xorg:

sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-core

And then do another autoremove.

There will likely be other things that are left around that you don't need.. but .. really.. why not just ask your VPS provider for a server image.. isn't it a little silly that they even offer the desktop image?

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answered Nov 30 '11 at 0:06

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  I was hoping there would be a better way, but thanks anyways.
  
  – Azendale
  Dec 7 '11 at 20:00
  

  
  
  
  

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Right autoremove only removes packages that were installed automatically as part of other package installs. The things installed in the image are seeded and so all are basically considered "manual".

You'll probably get rid of most of them by getting rid of Xorg:

sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-core

And then do another autoremove.

There will likely be other things that are left around that you don't need.. but .. really.. why not just ask your VPS provider for a server image.. isn't it a little silly that they even offer the desktop image?

share|improve this answer

answered Nov 30 '11 at 0:06

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  I was hoping there would be a better way, but thanks anyways.
  
  – Azendale
  Dec 7 '11 at 20:00
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
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Right autoremove only removes packages that were installed automatically as part of other package installs. The things installed in the image are seeded and so all are basically considered "manual".

You'll probably get rid of most of them by getting rid of Xorg:

sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-core

And then do another autoremove.

There will likely be other things that are left around that you don't need.. but .. really.. why not just ask your VPS provider for a server image.. isn't it a little silly that they even offer the desktop image?

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answered Nov 30 '11 at 0:06

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sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-core

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To remove x11 and everything that uses it, including all configuration:

apt-get purge libx11.* libqt.*

Unlike the accepted answer (remove xserver-xorg-core) this one will also remove all desktop packages like Firefox etc.

share|improve this answer

edited Jun 17 '14 at 10:19

answered Jun 17 '14 at 8:53

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  Will this remove xserver as the accepted answer? Or does that remove need to be done as well?
  
  – IanVaughan
  Feb 4 '15 at 23:17
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  3
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Yes it will be removed. Do apt-get --assume-no remove libx11.* libqt.* to see all of the packages that will be removed.
  
  – bain
  Feb 6 '15 at 13:23
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  yes, i'm doing this now, it removes quite a lot more than the accepted answer and it's all things you don't want there anyway. pastebin.com/mQK1MYCH
  
  – spezticle
  Dec 21 '15 at 15:09
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  apt autoremove will also remove a ton of "unneeded" packages after the purge operation
  
  – andrei
  Dec 1 '18 at 18:26
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

28

To remove x11 and everything that uses it, including all configuration:

apt-get purge libx11.* libqt.*

Unlike the accepted answer (remove xserver-xorg-core) this one will also remove all desktop packages like Firefox etc.

share|improve this answer

edited Jun 17 '14 at 10:19

answered Jun 17 '14 at 8:53

bainbain

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  Will this remove xserver as the accepted answer? Or does that remove need to be done as well?
  
  – IanVaughan
  Feb 4 '15 at 23:17
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  3
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Yes it will be removed. Do apt-get --assume-no remove libx11.* libqt.* to see all of the packages that will be removed.
  
  – bain
  Feb 6 '15 at 13:23
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  yes, i'm doing this now, it removes quite a lot more than the accepted answer and it's all things you don't want there anyway. pastebin.com/mQK1MYCH
  
  – spezticle
  Dec 21 '15 at 15:09
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  apt autoremove will also remove a ton of "unneeded" packages after the purge operation
  
  – andrei
  Dec 1 '18 at 18:26
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

To remove x11 and everything that uses it, including all configuration:

apt-get purge libx11.* libqt.*

Unlike the accepted answer (remove xserver-xorg-core) this one will also remove all desktop packages like Firefox etc.

share|improve this answer

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answered Jun 17 '14 at 8:53

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apt-get purge libx11.* libqt.*

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sudo apt-get purge -y libx11.* libqt.* libgtk.
sudo apt-get autoremove -y

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sudo apt-get purge -y libx11.* libqt.* libgtk.
sudo apt-get autoremove -y

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sudo apt-get purge -y libx11.* libqt.* libgtk.
sudo apt-get autoremove -y

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sudo apt-get purge -y libx11.* libqt.* libgtk.
sudo apt-get autoremove -y

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