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Help the guy...don't just tell him it can be done:

First use the gui or command line to remove all graphical software like
xchat and vlc, because you can't use gui tools on the command line.

You can use that fancy add/remove packages program(gnome-app-install)
but first save all your current selections just incase you want to go
back...do this in xterm:

cd; sudo dpkg --get-selections > myinstalledselections

That will output a long list of all installed .debs on the system to
myinstalledselections...yes it is very long.

Open a virtual terminal with strg-alt-F1 then run this to remove gnome
and the xserver:
sudo apt-get remove gnome xserver-xorg

You can also clear out your /var/cache/apt/archive directory to free up
space:

sudo apt-get clean

I'm not sure but there might be other xserver packages still installed
so you can do a search to find additional packages:

sudo dpkg -S xserver-xorg*

If you want to go back to your gui and all your other programs then do this:

cd; sudo dpkg --set-selections < myinstalledselections; sudo apt-get -u
dselect-upgrade

Das Wars

Intrepid Ibex wrote:
| Hello everybody out there using Linux ;-),
|
| I am using Ubuntu 8.10 with a GNOME Desktop. I want to get more disk
| space and am able to forswear the Graphical Desktopenvironment. I just
| want to get a Shell after boot, that's what I mean. Is it possible to
| remove GNOME and all the graphical stuff? If it is, please answer. It
| would be great if somebody could help me.
| ...and sorry for my bad english, but I'm a 14-year-old german...
|
| Sincerely,
|
| Intrepid Ibex
|
| |

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