Purge GUI from Ubuntu

Asked Jul 24 '19 at 09:57

Active Jul 26 '19 at 03:09

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I have a pivot box that I access only through SSH. It has a small hard disk and I will never use GUI apps on it so I want to purge those.

Ubuntu 16.04. Please recommend a safe way to do this.

EDIT: Some people think that this is a duplicate of How to disable all GUI elements and boot to command prompt. Reading them both makes it clear that it is not. That one is about Ubuntu 10.04, not 16.04. And the answer there doesn't work on Ubuntu 16.04 but anyway why would it?

edited Jul 26 '19 at 03:09

asked Jul 24 '19 at 09:57

stone.212

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Possible duplicate of How to disable all GUI elements and boot to command prompt and How do I turn a laptop into headless Ubuntu server? – karel Jul 24 '19 at 10:00
No I don't see any similarity between those and my question. – stone.212 Jul 24 '19 at 10:11
@WinEunuuchs2Unix That command just deleted the ubuntu-desktop package and nothing else was autoremoved as a result. – stone.212 Jul 25 '19 at 05:19
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As I understand it, you're asking how to remove the GUI and graphical applications, while retaining the software typically useful in a headless server. That answer says how to do that. If that doesn't do what you want, doesn't work, or you know it's not what you're looking for, then I recommend you [edit] your question with details about that. Your edit will get the question reviewed for possible reopening. – Eliah Kagan Jul 25 '19 at 08:18

Purge GUI from Ubuntu

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