How to Install and Uninstall gnome Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 20,2024

1. Install "gnome" package

This tutorial shows how to install gnome on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gnome
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gnome" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall gnome on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gnome
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gnome package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gnome
Priority: optional
Section: universe/gnome
Installed-Size: 31
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: meta-gnome3
Version: 1:3.14+3ubuntu1
Depends: gnome-core (= 1:3.14+3ubuntu1), desktop-base, network-manager-gnome (>= 0.9.10), bijiben (>= 3.14), brasero (>= 3.11), cheese (>= 3.14), evolution (>= 3.12), evolution-plugins (>= 3.12), file-roller (>= 3.14), gedit (>= 3.14), gnome-clocks (>= 3.14), gnome-color-manager (>= 3.14), gnome-documents (>= 3.14), gnome-games (>= 1:3.14), gnome-getting-started-docs (>= 3.14), gnome-logs (>= 3.14), gnome-maps (>= 3.14), gnome-music (>= 3.14), gnome-nettool (>= 3.8), gnome-photos (>= 3.14), gnome-sound-recorder, gnome-tweak-tool (>= 3.14), nautilus-sendto (>= 3.8), gnome-orca (>= 3.14), polari, rygel-playbin (>= 0.24), rygel-tracker (>= 0.24), seahorse (>= 3.14), vinagre (>= 3.14), alacarte (>= 3.11), avahi-daemon, gimp (>= 2.8), hamster-applet (>= 2.91.3), inkscape (>= 0.48), libreoffice-gnome, libreoffice-writer, libreoffice-calc, libreoffice-impress, rhythmbox (>= 3.0), simple-scan, goobox | sound-juicer, transmission-gtk, xdg-user-dirs-gtk, cups-pk-helper (>= 0.2), gedit-plugins (>= 3.14), gnome-shell-extension-weather, gstreamer1.0-libav (>= 0.10.13), gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly (>= 0.10.19), rhythmbox-plugins, rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder, telepathy-gabble, telepathy-rakia, telepathy-salut, totem-plugins, libgtk2-perl (>= 1:1.130)
Recommends: gnome-software
Suggests: xul-ext-adblock-plus, xul-ext-gnome-keyring, iceweasel-l10n-all
Filename: pool/universe/m/meta-gnome3/gnome_3.14+3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 2812
MD5sum: bd0f0f5420453315e62514ee631db53d
SHA1: 49e037627a1d808dfb48c99c1dcf950696bdbeb4
SHA256: b0ecc70dbdaed7971652d56651688a13ae5cd72c57f7a4654ad458f118918a85
Description-en: Full GNOME Desktop Environment, with extra components
This is the GNOME Desktop environment, an intuitive and attractive
desktop, with extra components.
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This metapackage depends on the standard distribution of the GNOME
desktop environment, plus a complete range of plugins and other
applications integrating with GNOME and Debian, providing the best
possible environment to date.
Description-md5: 984c5028c0ccad6f8854b311229d0985
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu