KDE4 removal

From MEPIS Documentation Wiki

NOTE: don't remove kdm, before you install another login manager and select it to be the default.

To remove KDE4:

• come out of the desktop with Ctrl-Alt-F1
• log in as root, then type one at a time the following commands:

telinit 3
apt-get update
apt-get install aptitude
apt-get remove --purge kde*

• update aptitude, and use it to remove KDE
• reboot
• in a konsole as root, type

aptitude update
aptitude search ~c

all config files that are no longer needed will be listed

• remove them with

aptitude purge $(aptitude search ~c -F "%p")