How I can remove XFCE and install KDE (last version)?

ckosedag · May 2, 2021, 3:37pm

I want remove XFCE and other DEs that installed on my PC and then I want install KDE Plasma last version that in KDE Neon.
How can I do this?

dalto · May 2, 2021, 3:43pm

First, welcome to the forum!

In order to give you the instructions and correct order to do that we would need to know the list of DEs you have installed currently.

ckosedag · May 2, 2021, 3:47pm

XFCE Session
Budgie Desktop
GNOME
GNOME
GNOME on Xorg
I did not install gnomes Idk how they installed

joekamprad · May 2, 2021, 3:47pm

some general info about it:
https://discovery.endeavouros.com/pacman/how-to-install-desktop-environments-next-to-your-existing-ones/2021/03/

https://discovery.endeavouros.com/pacman/removing-a-desktop-environment/2021/03/

here is the yaml file where you can see exactly packages installed for each DE:
https://github.com/endeavouros-team/install-scripts/blob/master/netinstall.yaml

edit sept 2022:
there is now eos-packagelist tool:

github.com

endeavouros-team/PKGBUILDS/blob/master/eos-packagelist/README.md

usage: `eos-packagelist [-h] [--list] [--arch ARCH] [--install] [profile ...]`

The EndeavourOS package list handler gets package information from the current installer files and allows you to optionally
install them

positional arguments:

  profile      The name of the profile you want to see packages for

example: `eos-packagelist "BSPWM Edition"`

or to save the list:
`eos-packagelist "BSPWM Edition" >> awesome-packages.list`
  

options:

  `-h, --help`   show this help message and exit
  
  `--list`       Lists the available options

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joekamprad · May 2, 2021, 3:47pm

budgie brings in GNOME

dalto · May 2, 2021, 3:48pm

Those gnome entries probably came along with budgie. You probably only have xfce and budgie installed.

ckosedag · May 2, 2021, 3:52pm

as far as I understand I should type to remove XFCE sudo pacman -Rs xfce4 mousepad orage parole ristretto thunar-archive-plugin thunar-media-tags-plugin xfce4-battery-plugin xfce4-datetime-plugin xfce4-mount-plugin xfce4-netload-plugin xfce4-notifyd xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin xfce4-screensaver xfce4-screenshooter xfce4-taskmanager xfce4-wavelan-plugin xfce4-weather-plugin xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin xfce4-xkb-plugin file-roller network-manager-applet leafpad epdfview galculator endeavouros-xfce4-terminal-colors xdg-user-dirs-gtk

Did I understand true.
And can u type me how can I remove budgie too?

joekamprad · May 2, 2021, 4:00pm

there is no general working command, as you may install uninstall other stuff too, and also package list itself is changing a bit from time to time… so keep an eye on what is going to get uninstalled and make sure reinstalling kde/plasma one time after removing the others.

sudo pacman -Rs budgie-desktop gnome gnome-screensaver lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings network-manager-applet xdg-user-dirs-gtk fwupd arc-x-icons-theme arc-gtk-theme

sudo pacman -S --needed plasma kdeconnect python-dbus kde-system-meta kde-utilities-meta kio-fuse kio-gdrive audiocd-kio gwenview kdegraphics-thumbnailers ark okular dragon elisa print-manager spectacle sddm sddm-kcm

sudo systemctl -f enable sddm

dalto · May 3, 2021, 6:10pm

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