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how to remove gnome desktop in debian? (Already have cinnamon installed, tried gnome but want rid of it)

I installed gnome by using the task-gnome-desktop package. How is the easiest way to remove all of the other packages not needed by cinamon?


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Try:

sudo apt autoremove --purge gnome-session

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sudo apt autoremove --purge gnome-session

I ran this and i get "unable to locate package gnome-session"

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Thank you.

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The easiest and most reliable way is to run tasksel and uncheck the DEs you want to remove.

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Try it without the -session at the end

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