problem for change DE from KDE to Gnome

sephiroth986 · 2022-03-03 13:56:30

Hello everyone

i currently use arch linux with the latest version of kde wayland. I had installed everything with archinstall. i would like to switch to gnome and remove kde, but the last time i tried to uninstall kde and then install gnome, the wifi connection stopped working and i couldn't restore it anymore. I had run the command to remove kde and probably this will have also uninstalled some component that took care of the connection. How can I safely proceed with the ED change?

thanks a lot to everyone

ishaanbhimwal · 2022-03-03 14:13:39

Network is generally independent of DE. Since you installed arch with "archinstall" you can remove these packages to uninstall KDE and install these to install gnome.

sephiroth986 · 2022-03-03 14:24:24

ishaanbhimwal wrote:

Network is generally independent of DE. Since you installed arch with "archinstall" you can remove these packages to uninstall KDE and install these to install gnome.

so...i need to launch "sudo pacman -Rns plasma-meta konsole kwrite dolphin ark sddm plasma-wayland-session egl-wayland" and next "sudo pacman -S gnome gnome-tweaks gdm gnome-software-packagekit-plugin" ???

Last edited by sephiroth986 (2022-03-03 14:27:50)

Trilby · 2022-03-03 14:49:24

Why are you removing anything? Especially if you are concerned about removing something you'll need.

Just install gnome.

sephiroth986 · 2022-03-03 16:06:52

Trilby wrote:

Why are you removing anything? Especially if you are concerned about removing something you'll need.
Just install gnome.

I don't intend to use kde anymore ... since I installed it I have done nothing but have all kinds of problems. i prefer a functional gnome environment like when i used ubuntu years ago.

so...i installed gnome successfully by running commands from the kde console. I finally removed the following packages:

plasma-meta
konsole
kwrite
dolphin
ark
sddm
plasma-wayland-session
egl-wayland
kde-applications

i have try to launch "pacman -Rns plasma" now, but i see: impossibile execute request operation because interrupt dependency xdg-desktop-portal-impl from xdg-desktop-portal-kde bla bla bla....
is there any way for clean all kde residual packages?

Trilby · 2022-03-03 16:50:35

Bla bla bla is not an error message.

ewaller · 2022-03-03 17:05:47

I would start with
sudo pacman -Rsu $(pacman -Qsq kde)
and maybe
sudo pacman -Rsu $(pacman -Qsq plasma)

And, see Trilby's post above.

Last edited by ewaller (2022-03-03 17:06:04)

V1del · 2022-03-03 17:08:03

For the actual visible part of the blabla, you'll need to have a replacement for an xdg-portal-implementation so that existing applications that need one don't break which you can do by installing xdg-desktop-portal-gnome instead which should allow at least this part to proceed as normal.

sephiroth986 · 2022-03-03 21:22:48

sorry for blabla, but i have system message in italian and i don't know the exactly english version hahahahahaha

so...i have removed and installed again pamac because it did not work...i have removed orphan package with pamac and i have launched pacman -Rsn $(pacman -Qdtq)....i have try ewaller command but don't give me nothing...
i think that there aren't old orphaned addictions (i hope)....now my only problem is find a way for change login screen background and setting transparency blur for file manager and terminal XD

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problem for change DE from KDE to Gnome

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