How to remove KDE desktop from Ubuntu

Question

So I installed kde desktop from this repository

 ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports

and installed it

sudo apt-get install kde-standard kubuntu-desktop

I don't like KDE and want to get ride of it. Is there a way to completely remove KDE desktop with its software without braking my Ubuntu install.

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 09 '13 at 00:23

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This can be solved by using ppa-purge to remove the packages you installed from the KDE Backports PPA:

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports

answered Sep 09 '13 at 00:23

Richard

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sadly it removed some software but not all, I guess there is no way to do this task – Levan Sep 09 '13 at 01:01
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Perhaps you need a sudo apt-get autoremove (or sudo apt-get --purge autoremove) after that. – Richard Sep 09 '13 at 01:09
sadly I am getting errors like this Depends: plasma-scriptengine-javascript (= 4:4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1) but 4:4.11.1-0ubuntu2~ubuntu13.04~ppa1 is installed – Levan Sep 09 '13 at 01:10
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Perhaps sudo apt-get -f install will do the trick? – Richard Sep 09 '13 at 01:12
I think yes at least it is removing stuff :) – Levan Sep 09 '13 at 01:14

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 16 '14 at 16:45

I used Synaptic Package Manager to remove it. It worked very very well.

The only thing that I would recommend is to have caution, since it is a very powerful program. Also, be patient and detail oriented.

look for the KDE Desktop Environment section and mark all installed packages for complete removal. Double check your choices and proceed once satisfied.

It will take a few minutes to do the job, but it will. It was easy and it even restored the Ubuntu greeter instead of the Kubuntu greeter.

Hope this works!

This also worked well for me! Using Synaptic to choose which packages belong to KDE is clearly safer than using apt-get, although it involves a lot of clicking. I'm back to the good old Ubuntu now. — Ubuntu_enthusiast, Jul 22 '18 at 10:18

Denis Canepa · Answer 3 · 2014-10-24T23:13:48.107

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sudo apt-get remove kde-full
sudo apt-get --purge autoremove

This will do the trick

edit: the first command will delete kde-full package, the second command will delete all remaining kde packages depending on kde-full which no longer exists

edited Oct 24 '14 at 23:13

answered Nov 26 '13 at 08:56

Denis Canepa

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How does this help? – Oli Nov 26 '13 at 11:35
this helped me.. – Denis Canepa Mar 12 '14 at 16:52
It helped you, sure, but please explain. – Oxwivi Sep 16 '14 at 16:47

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