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How to remove the some applications I don't use from Xubuntu?

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The apps that have red dots next to them, I want to uninstall, since I have synapse, kazam, xpad instead and the rest, I don't need. I tried Software Center, and synaptic and apt-get, and could not locate them.

Also how to remove xfce4-terminal? I tried apt-get, but it will remove a billion library related to xfce, is it safe to remove it that way? Because I have terminator and xterm.

I want to remove the Electronic section, because it only has Arduino IDE, which is also available in the development section, thus I don't need it.

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answered 3 Years ago diket · Accepted Answer

Here's a script to find the package names:

programs_to_rm=('Application Finder' 'Notes' 'Onboard' 'Orage Globaltime' 'Screenshot')



results=()

for prog in "${programs_to_rm[@]}"; do

    result="$(grep -lR -m1 "^Name=$prog$" /usr/share/applications | tail -n1)"

    result="$(dpkg -S "$result" | head -n1)"

    results+=("${result%%: *}")

done



echo "${results[@]}"

Basically, this should work:

sudo apt-get remove xfce4-appfinder xfce4-notes onboard orage xfce4-screenshooter

To remove the Electronics section:

Command:

sudo -H nano "$(grep -lRm1 'Arduino IDE' /usr/share/applications)"

Press Ctrl+W, then type Categories=Enter. Edit the line to remove Electronics;.