How do I remove a DE and install another one?

[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.