> roman.me...@gismap.ch schreef op wo 01-11-2017 om 15:16 [+0100]: >> Hi folks, >> >> To add desktop environments is well documented and works well e.g. >> using >> 'apt install education-desktop-lxde'. >> >> However, how are they removed again? >> >> You can run 'apt remove education-desktop-lxde' but this doesnât >> remove >> lxde in my setup. > > education-desktop-lxde is a metapackage that pulls in various LXDE > components and lightweight desktop applications upon installation. > When you remove education-desktop-lxde, you just remove the metapackage > and not the packages that have been pulled in by it. > In order to remove those packages, you should run apt-get autoremove. > This command removes all packages that have been installed to fulfil a > dependency but upon which no package depends any longer.
Thanks Frans!
