Hi there
On 28/03/2025 23:39, Joel Roth via Dng wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 07:33:37AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
>> So I installed icewm and "removed" xfce4. I tried both purge and
>> autoremove, but there's still a bunch of xcfe4 stuff hanging around.
>
> $ apt-cache search xfce4
> xfce4 - Meta-package for the Xfce Lightweight Desktop Environment
>
> A meta package is simply a package that pulls in other
> packages. It does not contain program or data files
> beyond the usual package metadata.
>
> When you remove the xfce4 metapackage, the other xfce
> packages it installed are still on your system.
Which can then be removed on a per package basis.
Keep what you want, remove what you don't want.
Regards,
Rob
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