[CoLoCo] Making a Xubuntu install headless?

David Overcash funnylookinhat at gmail.com
Mon Mar 9 15:41:15 GMT 2009


This can often remove much more than just the GUI interface though...  I
doubt it will leave your system crippled, but it will certainly be missing
some apps or services that you might have expected to stay.  That's been my
experience with that.

-David

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 1:06 AM, Dan Howerton <danny.howerton at gmail.com>wrote:

> try sudo aptitude remove xubuntu-desktop
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> i believe ubuntu-desktop = gnome, kubuntu-desktop = kde, ect...
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> On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Ringo <ringo at coimc.org> wrote:
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>> Hey Ubuntistas,
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>> I did a regular Xubuntu install a while ago but I'm turning it into a
>> server and would like to get rid of the GUI (XFCE), login manager, etc.
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>> Is there a simple way to do this? I remember a while back that I could
>> just do apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop but either that doesn't work in
>> Xubuntu or it's no longer the right way to do it.
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>> Thanks for any help you can offer,
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>> Ringo
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