Without Gnome
 

I want to install xfce4. So if I install Ubuntu with server install . Which packages do I have to install for x.org and xfce4?

Thanks for the anwser

Goin this route, you're likely to wind up installing a lot more stuff than you think to get everything you'll likely want for a reasonably useable desktop.

Might be easier to just go ahead and install the Ubuntu desktop system and then install XFCE4. You'll have a choice to use either XFCE4 or gnome, just select the one you want.

If you just don't even want gnome on your system as an option, just uninstall it one the XFCE4 is installed.

Might save you a lot of grief and time.

thats what i did and it works flawlessly
its good to keep GNOME around anyways

All you need to do is an apt-get install xfce4 and resolve the deps and you're ready to roll. Didn't take me long at all. I've always loved XFCE and Ubuntu makes it real easy to install and use--not to mention the plugin base is enormous! :D

So I go to synaptic and after installing xfce I choose Completly remove gnome-????????

Which package or more package do I have to remove to get rid of Gnome completly

Just search for gnome and remove packages you don't want without removing other dependencies you shouldnt. You'll have to do a little figuring out here as going through every single package to remove would take too long. You'll be fine, just take some care in doing it.

to remove Gnome I'm guessing "apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop"

To uninstall gnome - apt-get remove libgtk-2.0

But then u will uninstall firefox and gaim too.

Do NOT remove GTK2. That is the GUI framework for MANY applications. What are you talking about rohandhruva?

caladbolg : When probing about a bit on irc, the maker of kde for ubuntu asked me to remove gtk 2 to completely remove gnome. true, it is the gui framework of MANY packages, and hence, at that time too, i didnt remove gtk. i was just passing the knowledge, but i warned too :)

Rohan.

Just tell me which packages do I have to install to install x.org

I think the package is xserver-xorg.

Thanks I will try that. I get to you when I sucssesfully install xfce