Ubuntu - Uninstalling Gnome - Installing

[Daem0hn]

aside from my main computer running gentoo i have another computer, pretty basic, 2mb onboard video + onboard everything else, Athlon 900, 512MB SDRAM

i just installed ubuntu, basically because i cbf spending 3 days installing gentoo :p and i wanted a package management systems, i have heard bad things about debians install, and good things about ubuntu and seeing ubuntu is based on debian, i figured why not give it a shot:

first problem (i knew this would arise):

i DONT want gnome, i know its the basis of ubuntu and has all these upgraded features and stuff, but i dont want it, mainly because it takes up too much space and my comp cant handle it anyway :p

i want to uninstall it, but i have nfi how to use apt-get

apt-get remove gnome

package not found :s

i konw its really dumb of me but i must say emerge is so much better

so then i tried to get a listing of all the packages installed, but, alas, couldnt figure that out either

second problem:

i want to install either fluxbox or XFCE2 or some other light weight gui, simply to handle the few GUI apps i will be running

again i couldnt figure out how to use apt-get

apt-get install fluxbox

package not found :s

hmm ok :s all i can say is that emerge/portage > apt-get

i know i seem a bit irritated, probubly because i am, its 12:00 at night heh and im going to bed

thanks in advance for any help or advice you can give me

please only post useful comments, i have tried searching google for how to remove gnome and install fluxbox, but seeing ubuntu is relatively young distro there isnt much in the way of help

[corrosive23]

  Daem0hn said:

aside from my main computer running gentoo i have another computer, pretty basic, 2mb onboard video + onboard everything else, Athlon 900, 512MB SDRAM

i just installed ubuntu, basically because i cbf spending 3 days installing gentoo :p and i wanted a package management systems, i have heard bad things about debians install, and good things about ubuntu and seeing ubuntu is based on debian, i figured why not give it a shot:

first problem (i knew this would arise):

i DONT want gnome, i know its the basis of ubuntu and has all these upgraded features and stuff, but i dont want it, mainly because it takes up too much space and my comp cant handle it anyway :p

i want to uninstall it, but i have nfi how to use apt-get

apt-get remove gnome

package not found :s

i konw its really dumb of me but i must say emerge is so much better

so then i tried to get a listing of all the packages installed, but, alas, couldnt figure that out either

second problem:

i want to install either fluxbox or XFCE2 or some other light weight gui, simply to handle the few GUI apps i will be running

again i couldnt figure out how to use apt-get

apt-get install fluxbox

package not found :s

hmm ok :s all i can say is that emerge/portage > apt-get

i know i seem a bit irritated, probubly because i am, its 12:00 at night heh and im going to bed

thanks in advance for any help or advice you can give me

please only post useful comments, i have tried searching google for how to remove gnome and install fluxbox, but seeing ubuntu is relatively young distro there isnt much in the way of help

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doesnt ubuntu have synaptic? If so use that its a gui for apt-get

[blik]

Yes you can use synaptic to uninstall gnome. You'll have to edit your apt sources list to download fluxbox etc. there are 2 lines that have been commented out, change them so they arent commented out.

[Lokheed]

  Daem0hn said:

i konw its really dumb of me but i must say emerge is so much better

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its Portage, not emerge. Gentoo's package manager is called Portage ;)

[Danrarbc]

  Bliksem said:

Yes you can use synaptic to uninstall gnome. You'll have to edit your apt sources list to download fluxbox etc. there are 2 lines that have been commented out, change them so they arent commented out.

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You can edit it the sources in synaptic too, if you're lazy (or n00b-sh) like me :p

[KenLin]

I know absolutely nothing about portage, so apt-get is obviously better

:rolleyes:

[Daem0hn]

yeh yeh, but your all missing the entire point of this thread, i know ubuntu has synaptic, but the _REASON_ behind me wanting to get rid of gnome and employ a less graphically intense WM was that my onboard 2mb vid card is unable to handle the gnome GUI (which at the present time is the only GUI i have) hence i am unable to use synaptic and are only able to do things from the command line

[smp]

LOL its apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop

ubuntu has messed with some package names

[Daem0hn]

oh, cheers man :)

any idea about the fluxbox?

fluxbox-desktop?

[smp]

you using synaptic or just the apt-get command? and join #ubuntu on irc.freenode.net i'll support you there

[hornett]

try apt-cache search fluxbox

:)

[Mike Douglas]

Why the hell would you install ubuntu then remove GNOME? Try Debian or something like that.

[smp]

ok you need to add universe to your /etc/apt/sources.list i give you each comand to need to do if you come to the irc channel

[smp]

err i am having problems with my irc client and the profile... i give you the command to do

sudo rm -r /etc/apt/sources.list

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

add the following to it:

deb http://mirror.isp.net.au/ftp/pub/ubuntu/ warty main universe multiverse restricted

then push the following keys ctrl+o enter ctrl+x

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install fluxbox

all done

[Daem0hn]

thanks man :) youve been an awesome help :)

[smp]

btw there is a few hundred people offering support on

#ubuuntu on freenode