I recently installed LXDE and XFCE to test them and now i only want to keep LXDE ( limited storage ). i couldn't find the most reliable way to do it, for example i know i can use tasksel and easily uncheck XFCE but some people say it might remove other non-xfce packages too. it seems i have to manually remove every packages relating to xfce. can i just do this:
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apt --purge remove *xfce*
these are the packages installed :
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$ apt list -i *xfce*
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libxfce4panel-2.0-4/stable,now 4.18.2-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libxfce4ui-2-0/stable,now 4.18.2-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libxfce4ui-common/stable,now 4.18.2-2 all [installed,automatic]
libxfce4ui-utils/stable,now 4.18.2-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libxfce4util-bin/stable,now 4.18.1-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libxfce4util-common/stable,now 4.18.1-2 all [installed,automatic]
libxfce4util7/stable,now 4.18.1-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
task-xfce-desktop/stable,now 3.73 all [installed]
xfce4-appfinder/stable,now 4.18.0-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-battery-plugin/stable,now 1.1.4-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-clipman-plugin/stable,now 2:1.6.2-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-clipman/stable,now 2:1.6.2-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-cpufreq-plugin/stable,now 1.2.8-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-cpugraph-plugin/stable,now 1.2.7-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-dict/stable,now 0.8.4-1+b1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-diskperf-plugin/stable,now 2.7.0-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-fsguard-plugin/stable,now 1.1.2-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-genmon-plugin/stable,now 4.1.1-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-goodies/stable,now 4.18.0 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-helpers/stable,now 4.18.2-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-mailwatch-plugin/stable,now 1.3.0-1+b1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-netload-plugin/stable,now 1.4.0-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-notifyd/stable,now 0.7.3-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-panel/stable,now 4.18.2-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-places-plugin/stable,now 1.8.3-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-power-manager-data/stable,now 4.18.1-1 all [installed,automatic]
xfce4-power-manager-plugins/stable,now 4.18.1-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-power-manager/stable,now 4.18.1-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/stable,now 0.4.5-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-screenshooter/stable,now 1.10.3-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-sensors-plugin/stable,now 1.4.4-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-session/stable,now 4.18.1-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-settings/stable,now 4.18.2-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-smartbookmark-plugin/stable,now 0.5.2-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-systemload-plugin/stable,now 1.3.2-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-taskmanager/stable,now 1.5.5-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-terminal/stable,now 1.0.4-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-timer-plugin/stable,now 1.7.1-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-verve-plugin/stable,now 2.0.1-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-wavelan-plugin/stable,now 0.6.3-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-weather-plugin/stable,now 0.11.0-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/stable,now 2.7.2-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4-xkb-plugin/stable,now 1:0.8.3-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xfce4/stable,now 4.18 all [installed,automatic]