I am new to linux/ubuntu and I intend to use it forever, so I am learning it bit by bit as I come accross a problem or a task. Your help will always be much appreciated, Thanks .
I want to completely remove/uninstall some pre-installed apps from Ubuntu 22.04 that I don't need, to keep my system clean and customized, such as: libreoffice, thunderbird, rhythmbox, videos, and many more.
What are the steps to select and remove a specific system/preinstalled app from Ubuntu? Thank you .
You can use Synaptic, which is a graphical installer/uninstaller. Installed software is highlighted by colors and the packages have a description which tells what the purpose of the package is.
You can also get information about dependencies which can help to remove packages which look superfluous but are needed by some other things which you wish to keep.
For snap packages, you can list them by
snap list
and completly deinstall with
snap remove --purge chromium
for example. This is terribly slow, I just found out. :)
snap info cups | sed '/^commands:/q'
Snap info gives you information about a package, here cups.
If you prefer the command line for deb-Packages, use
sudo apt purge thunderbird
for example. The purge will remove configuration files as well, while remove will keep those.
