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Ubuntu – Remove Preloaded Applications

Posted on January 4, 2018January 10, 2020 By David Kittell

Installing Ubuntu for a server OS? The code below will remove some of the preloaded applications that are needed on a server. Arguably you could remove Gnome in general and all Gtk but that depends on how you want to run your server.

for i in aisleriot \
blinken \
cheese \
childsplay \
org.gnome.Cheese \
evolution-data-server-uoa \
gcompris* \
geogebra \
gnome-mahjongg \
gnome-sudoku \
kanagram \
kbruch \
kwordquiz \
eduactiv8 \
gbrainy \
katomic \
minetest \
pentobi \
quadrapassel \
rhythmbox* \
shotwell* \
thunderbird \
totem \
transmission-gtk \
tuxmath \
tuxtype \
ktuberling \
blender \
darktable \
dia \
inkscape \
calibre* \
evolution* \
marble \
planner \
octave \
kalzium \
vym \
xournalpp \
avogadro \
audacity \
fritzing \
kalgebra \
musescore * \
rocs \
stellarium \
krita \
scribus \
simple-scan \
writetype \
veyon* \
vino-server \
vino-preferences \
webbrowser-app \
ubuntu-amazon-default \
gnome-mines; do
apt remove -y --purge  $i
done
apt autoremove -y
Originally Posted on January 4, 2018
Last Updated on January 10, 2020
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