Hatalar205 at 12:28, 24 October 2012

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{{i18n| [[Remove_XFCE|en]] [[Tr:Remove_XFCE|tr]]}}

=== Note ===
Before removing a Desktop Environment like XFCE, you have to keep a few things in mind;
* Removing too much might leave your system unusable.
* Be sure to have an alternative DM installed. (gdm or lxdm or lightdm)
That said, unless you are running out of hard drive space or have limited bandwidth for updates,

there is no real harm in having XFCE installed. If you don't use it, it won't hinder performance.

== preparation ==
For this to work, the best way of doing this is to first install a alternative Desktop Environment.

In this tutorial XFCE will be replaced with Mate.

# open a console/terminal and become root. (of course you can also do this with [[Rigo]]
# install your alternative Desktop Environment:
{{Console| <pre class="clear"># equo install mate --ask</pre>}}
for [[Rigo]]: enter:'''mate''' in the searchbox, select the '''meta'''package, and click install,

or install directly using a shortcut in the searchbox: '''do:install mate'''.
# With removing XFCE, LXDM stays untouched, so we don't have to install a alternative LoginManager.
# When done, logoff, and logon again into the fresh installed Environment. (NOT XFCE)

== Removing XFCE ==
So now we're logged in with Mate.
# open your favourite terminal, and become root.
# enter following in the terminal:
{{Console| <pre class="clear">equo remove libxfce4util xfconf --ask</pre>}}
# check the package list before proceeding.
{{Note| In contrary with removing KDE, '''DON'T''' use the "--deep" flag here.

With the "--deep" flag enabled, it removes also some system files, which deptest and libtest don't recover,

so chances are that after a reboot the system is unusable.}}

== final steps ==
When done, a few final steps, enter '''equo conf update''' to check if configuration files needs to be updated, manually.

perform a '''equo deptest''' and '''equo libtest'''.

and eventually you could remove the packages "gtk-engines-xfce" and "xfce4-taskmanager"
{{Console| <pre class="clear">equo remove gtk-engines-xfce xfce4-taskmanager</pre>}}

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Hatalar205 at 12:28, 24 October 2012