Shell script to remove unity launcher(if present in Ubuntu 14.04 ) and/or the xfce panel (in the case of xubuntu)

Question

Just want shell script to remove unity launcher(if present in Ubuntu 14.04 ) and/or the xfce panel (in the case of xubuntu).

If anybody has idea about the same then please let me know.

Thanks

Answer 1

Update:

To completely remove the launcher for the time your script execution, I'd disable the unity compiz plugin.

We have such a script in Checkbox, that I'm pasting here for convenience:

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# This file is part of Checkbox.
#
# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical Ltd.
# Written by:
#   Daniel Manrique <roadmr@ubuntu.com>
#   Sylvain Pineau <sylvain.pineau@canonical.com>
#
# Checkbox is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# Checkbox is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with Checkbox.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
"""
manage_compiz_plugin
====================

This script allows enabling or disabling compiz plugins using
gsettings. Changes take effect on the fly.
"""

from gettext import gettext as _
import argparse
import gettext
import os
import sys
import subprocess
import time

PATH="org.compiz.core:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/core/"
KEY="active-plugins"

gettext.textdomain("2013.com.canonical.certification.checkbox")
gettext.bindtextdomain("2013.com.canonical.certification.checkbox",
                       os.getenv("CHECKBOX_PROVIDER_LOCALE_DIR", None))

plugins = eval(subprocess.check_output(["gsettings", "get", PATH, KEY]))

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=_("enable/disable compiz plugins"),
                                 epilog=_("Available plugins: {}").format(plugins))
parser.add_argument("plugin", type=str, help=_('Name of plugin to control'))
parser.add_argument("action", type=str, choices=['enable', 'disable'],
                    help=_("What to do with the plugin"))

args = parser.parse_args()

if args.action == 'enable':
    if args.plugin in plugins:
        raise SystemExit(_("Plugin {} already enabled").format(args.plugin))
    plugins.append(args.plugin)
else:
    if args.plugin not in plugins:
        raise SystemExit(_("Plugin {} doesn't exist").format(args.plugin))
    plugins.remove(args.plugin)
subprocess.call(["gsettings", "set", PATH, KEY, str(plugins)])

time.sleep(3)

To disable the unity plugin:

./manage_compiz_plugin unityshell disable

To restore it:

./manage_compiz_plugin unityshell enable

First version (using auto-hide):

To hide the unity launcher, use the following commands:

dconf write /org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/unityshell/launcher-hide-mode 1
dconf write /org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/unityshell/edge-responsiveness 0

To restore it, simply use:

dconf write /org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/unityshell/launcher-hide-mode 0
dconf write /org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/unityshell/edge-responsiveness 2

Answer 2

If you're looking for a script to recompile unity without the launcher, this should be exactly what you want: Compile Unity without launcher