[SOLVED] Why can't remove mate from my debian8.1?

luofeiyu · 09-02-2015, 05:50 AM

I have installed mate as my desktop,now i feel it is more slower than lxde,
i want to remove it .

apt-get purge mate-desktop-environment
apt-get autoremove
reboot

I found that mate is still in my debian8.1 when to reboot my pc.
How to remove mate from my debian8.1?

jdkaye · 09-02-2015, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by luofeiyu

I have installed mate as my desktop,now i feel it is more slower than lxde,
i want to remove it .

apt-get purge mate-desktop-environment
apt-get autoremove
reboot

I found that mate is still in my debian8.1 when to reboot my pc.
How to remove mate from my debian8.1?

Can you post the output of the following command:

Code:

dpkg -l mate-desktop-environment

jdk

luofeiyu · 09-06-2015, 02:25 AM

reboot ,all mate gone.

Randicus Draco Albus · 09-06-2015, 07:00 AM

There is no need to reboot after installing or removing packages. Just log out and log back in.

jdkaye · 09-07-2015, 12:49 AM

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jdk