Ubuntu remove desktop

[category:Ubuntu]

Ubuntu 20.04

# GRUB: Remove splash and quiet from GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
sudo perl -pi -e 's#^(GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=".*)(quiet)(.*")$#\1\3#g,s#^(GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=".*)(splash)(.*")$#\1\3#g' /etc/default/grub

# GRUB: Add or change to GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true
sudo perl -ni -e '$c=1 if s/^GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=.*$/GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true/; print; if(eof){print "GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true\n" unless $c==1};' /etc/default/grub

# Remove desktop packages
sudo apt --yes purge adwaita-icon-theme gedit-common gir1.2-gdm-1.0 \
gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0 gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 gir1.2-goa-1.0 \
gnome-accessibility-themes gnome-bluetooth gnome-calculator gnome-calendar \
gnome-characters gnome-control-center gnome-control-center-data \
gnome-control-center-faces gnome-desktop3-data \
gnome-font-viewer gnome-getting-started-docs gnome-getting-started-docs-ru \
gnome-initial-setup gnome-keyring gnome-keyring-pkcs11 gnome-logs \
gnome-mahjongg gnome-menus gnome-mines gnome-online-accounts \
gnome-power-manager gnome-screenshot gnome-session-bin gnome-session-canberra \
gnome-session-common gnome-settings-daemon gnome-settings-daemon-common \
gnome-shell gnome-shell-common gnome-shell-extension-appindicator \
gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock \
gnome-startup-applications gnome-sudoku gnome-system-monitor gnome-terminal \
gnome-terminal-data gnome-themes-extra gnome-themes-extra-data gnome-todo \
gnome-todo-common gnome-user-docs gnome-user-docs-ru gnome-video-effects \
language-pack-gnome-en language-pack-gnome-en-base language-pack-gnome-ru \
language-pack-gnome-ru-base language-selector-gnome libgail18 libgail18 \
libgail-common libgail-common libgnome-autoar-0-0 libgnome-bluetooth13 \
libgnome-desktop-3-19 libgnome-games-support-1-3 libgnome-games-support-common \
libgnomekbd8 libgnomekbd-common libgnome-menu-3-0 libgnome-todo libgoa-1.0-0b \
libgoa-1.0-common libpam-gnome-keyring libsoup-gnome2.4-1 libsoup-gnome2.4-1 \
nautilus-extension-gnome-terminal pinentry-gnome3 yaru-theme-gnome-shell \
yaru-theme-icon yaru-theme-sound ubuntu-wallpapers ubuntu-wallpapers-focal \
x11-common x11-apps xcursor-themes xbitmaps xfonts-base xfonts-encodings

# Purge unreferred packages
sudo apt --yes autopurge

# Fix plymouth problems
sudo apt --yes install plymouth-theme-spinner

# Ensure the boot environment creation works
update-initramfs -k $(uname -r) -u
update-grub