How do I remove a DE and install another one?

[Chris2KN]

So I got Endeavour os installed on my other laptop in a vbox and I wanted to try xfce, but I really dislike it(soory for the xfce fans), cuz I come from windows and Gnome/KDE and I can’t understand how much of everything is being used(plus for some reason the sound has cracking when. Coming out of the Oracle Virtual machine)

How do I remove xfce and install gnome/cinnamon?

I know that there’s a web page on installing, but no one told there how to remove a DE

[thefrog]

I can’t verify if this works since I haven’t ever used it myself but to remove xfce you need to run something similar to
pacman -Rns xfce4
there maybe other packages that need to be removed as well. Honestly it may be easier to just reinstall with a new DE.

[Chris2KN]

I guess that this is why I use Oracle VM, to prepare for the worst of the worst situations ever

[pebcak]

If you want a really fresh start with no remnants of configs from the “old” DE in your home directory:

Installing kde and removing native DE after offline install

First of all, backup all your personal data in your current home directory to an external medium (or somewhere convenient) There might be better ways of doing this but this is what I can think of: Create a new user with admin right for your KDE Install EnOS list of packages for KDE: eos-packagelist --install KDE-Desktop Enable the display manager: sudo systemctl enable --force sddm Reboot and login to your new KDE user account. Remove Xfce sudo pacman -Rs $(eos-packagelist…

Adapt it to the DE you want to remove/install.

[Chris2KN]

Alright, I guess I have to re install it then, it’s too complicated

[Chris2KN]

How do I make a new user with root privileges just for KDE/gnome ?

[pebcak]

You said you had a VM to test?
So do this in a VM first to get the hang of it.

1. Creat a new user: sudo adduser -m NAME (replace MAME with the username you want)
2. Give NAME a password: sudo passwd NAME
3. Give NAME admin right: sudo gpasswd -a NAME wheel

That should pretty much do it.

[Chris2KN]

Thanks a lot, I’ll try tomorrow

I kinda wanna see the deepIN desktop too

[MarkMcCoskey]

You might want to check out Erik Dubois’ (ArcoLinux) Arch Linux Tweak Tool under Desktop, which gives you the ability to switch desktops, and Trash those you no longer want/need.

[MarkMcCoskey]

ArcoLinux : 3680 ArchLinux Tweak Tool(ATT) - testing on EndeavourOS Galileo

[LcGoKanda]

Hello. This page is a good start to know the name of the meta-packages.
https://discovery.endeavouros.com/desktop-environments/how-to-install-desktop-environments-next-to-your-existing-ones/2021/03/
Have a good day.