Wednesday 23 January 2019

Kubuntu to Ubuntu


Is there a way to switch from Kubuntu to Ubuntu?


I tried to search with add /remove and on net but always get Ubuntu to Kubuntu not otherway around.



Answer



Simplest way:


sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get --purge remove kubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get autoremove

Here is a good place to research this kind of switch.


ubuntu-desktop (jaunty) and kubuntu-desktop (jaunty) are meta-packages that will reference all of the packages needed to run their respective desktop environment (including default applications).


When it gets to the point of installing gdm (gnome display manager) it will require some input from you. If you're plan is to remove KDE and KDM for good then let it switch your default display manager to be GDM.


By using the --purge flag you are removing all configurations for that package so any future install of it you will be starting from scratch. As was pointed out in a comment using the autoremove is how you tell apt to remove all orphaned packages that would have depended on the kubuntu-desktop and that should get rid of most (if not all) kde/kubuntu desktop apps.


Here are 2 SuperUser questions that might also be informative. Question 1, Question 2


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