Consequences for uninstalling the terminal
Will uninstalling the program which allows me to use terminal also delete what I have installed using it?
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Uninstalling the terminal application that was installed with Ubuntu is unwise for several reasons you may not expect. Do not do so unless you have the skills and understanding to repair your system from a recovery prompt. If you installed a different terminal application after installing Ubuntu, then you can probably safely remove it...as long as it is not the only terminal application. Read carefully and understand fully apt's list of proposed removals before proceeding.
– user535733
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No, that will not happen. However, you should probably not be uninstalling the terminal anyway.
– Aaron Franke
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Will uninstalling the program which allows me to use terminal also delete what I have installed using it?
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Uninstalling the terminal application that was installed with Ubuntu is unwise for several reasons you may not expect. Do not do so unless you have the skills and understanding to repair your system from a recovery prompt. If you installed a different terminal application after installing Ubuntu, then you can probably safely remove it...as long as it is not the only terminal application. Read carefully and understand fully apt's list of proposed removals before proceeding.
– user535733
2 hours ago
No, that will not happen. However, you should probably not be uninstalling the terminal anyway.
– Aaron Franke
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Uninstalling the terminal application that was installed with Ubuntu is unwise for several reasons you may not expect. Do not do so unless you have the skills and understanding to repair your system from a recovery prompt. If you installed a different terminal application after installing Ubuntu, then you can probably safely remove it...as long as it is not the only terminal application. Read carefully and understand fully apt's list of proposed removals before proceeding.
– user535733
2 hours ago
No, that will not happen. However, you should probably not be uninstalling the terminal anyway.
– Aaron Franke
1 hour ago
Uninstalling the terminal application that was installed with Ubuntu is unwise for several reasons you may not expect. Do not do so unless you have the skills and understanding to repair your system from a recovery prompt. If you installed a different terminal application after installing Ubuntu, then you can probably safely remove it...as long as it is not the only terminal application. Read carefully and understand fully apt's list of proposed removals before proceeding.
– user535733
2 hours ago
Uninstalling the terminal application that was installed with Ubuntu is unwise for several reasons you may not expect. Do not do so unless you have the skills and understanding to repair your system from a recovery prompt. If you installed a different terminal application after installing Ubuntu, then you can probably safely remove it...as long as it is not the only terminal application. Read carefully and understand fully apt's list of proposed removals before proceeding.
– user535733
2 hours ago
No, that will not happen. However, you should probably not be uninstalling the terminal anyway.
– Aaron Franke
1 hour ago
No, that will not happen. However, you should probably not be uninstalling the terminal anyway.
– Aaron Franke
1 hour ago
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No. It won't remove programs installed via terminal.
There is no reason to delete the terminal program. You could restrict user access though.
answered 3 hours ago
WinEunuuchs2UnixWinEunuuchs2Unix
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But it can deleteubuntu-desktopif it isgnome-terminal;-)
– Pilot6
2 hours ago
You were wrong :/
– Schuyler Fica-Goetzel
2 hours ago
@Pilot6 I read the question as: "If I usedsudo apt install conkyin the terminal and then I removed the terminal would it deleteconkywhich I installed with the terminal"? Your comment is a good one. A new answer of all the reasons NOT to delete the terminal is warranted. Ping me if you write it and I'll upvote.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
2 hours ago
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Even after you uninstall the terminal there are two relatively easy ways to access a command prompt, the virtual console (tty) and the root option in Recovery mode, so any program which requires access to a terminal (including root access) will still be accessible and run even if the terminal app is uninstalled. The same goes for all other apps installed in Ubuntu generally, because uninstalling the terminal only removes the terminal app itself and does not remove anything else.
Also the other packages aren't dependencies of the terminal. Uninstalling a package doesn't uninstall any other packages along with it except for packages that depend on that package in order to function.
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No. It won't remove programs installed via terminal.
There is no reason to delete the terminal program. You could restrict user access though.
answered 3 hours ago
WinEunuuchs2UnixWinEunuuchs2Unix
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But it can deleteubuntu-desktopif it isgnome-terminal;-)
– Pilot6
2 hours ago
You were wrong :/
– Schuyler Fica-Goetzel
2 hours ago
@Pilot6 I read the question as: "If I usedsudo apt install conkyin the terminal and then I removed the terminal would it deleteconkywhich I installed with the terminal"? Your comment is a good one. A new answer of all the reasons NOT to delete the terminal is warranted. Ping me if you write it and I'll upvote.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
2 hours ago
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No. It won't remove programs installed via terminal.
There is no reason to delete the terminal program. You could restrict user access though.
answered 3 hours ago
WinEunuuchs2UnixWinEunuuchs2Unix
46.4k1189180
But it can deleteubuntu-desktopif it isgnome-terminal;-)
– Pilot6
2 hours ago
You were wrong :/
– Schuyler Fica-Goetzel
2 hours ago
@Pilot6 I read the question as: "If I usedsudo apt install conkyin the terminal and then I removed the terminal would it deleteconkywhich I installed with the terminal"? Your comment is a good one. A new answer of all the reasons NOT to delete the terminal is warranted. Ping me if you write it and I'll upvote.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
2 hours ago
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No. It won't remove programs installed via terminal.
There is no reason to delete the terminal program. You could restrict user access though.
answered 3 hours ago
WinEunuuchs2UnixWinEunuuchs2Unix
46.4k1189180
No. It won't remove programs installed via terminal.
There is no reason to delete the terminal program. You could restrict user access though.
answered 3 hours ago
WinEunuuchs2UnixWinEunuuchs2Unix
46.4k1189180
answered 3 hours ago
WinEunuuchs2UnixWinEunuuchs2Unix
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answered 3 hours ago
WinEunuuchs2UnixWinEunuuchs2Unix
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answered 3 hours ago
WinEunuuchs2UnixWinEunuuchs2Unix
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But it can deleteubuntu-desktopif it isgnome-terminal;-)
– Pilot6
2 hours ago
You were wrong :/
– Schuyler Fica-Goetzel
2 hours ago
@Pilot6 I read the question as: "If I usedsudo apt install conkyin the terminal and then I removed the terminal would it deleteconkywhich I installed with the terminal"? Your comment is a good one. A new answer of all the reasons NOT to delete the terminal is warranted. Ping me if you write it and I'll upvote.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
2 hours ago
add a comment |
But it can deleteubuntu-desktopif it isgnome-terminal;-)
– Pilot6
2 hours ago
You were wrong :/
– Schuyler Fica-Goetzel
2 hours ago
@Pilot6 I read the question as: "If I usedsudo apt install conkyin the terminal and then I removed the terminal would it deleteconkywhich I installed with the terminal"? Your comment is a good one. A new answer of all the reasons NOT to delete the terminal is warranted. Ping me if you write it and I'll upvote.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
2 hours ago
But it can delete
ubuntu-desktop if it is gnome-terminal ;-)– Pilot6
2 hours ago
But it can delete
ubuntu-desktop if it is gnome-terminal ;-)– Pilot6
2 hours ago
You were wrong :/
– Schuyler Fica-Goetzel
2 hours ago
You were wrong :/
– Schuyler Fica-Goetzel
2 hours ago
@Pilot6 I read the question as: "If I used
sudo apt install conky in the terminal and then I removed the terminal would it delete conky which I installed with the terminal"? Your comment is a good one. A new answer of all the reasons NOT to delete the terminal is warranted. Ping me if you write it and I'll upvote.– WinEunuuchs2Unix
2 hours ago
@Pilot6 I read the question as: "If I used
sudo apt install conky in the terminal and then I removed the terminal would it delete conky which I installed with the terminal"? Your comment is a good one. A new answer of all the reasons NOT to delete the terminal is warranted. Ping me if you write it and I'll upvote.– WinEunuuchs2Unix
2 hours ago
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Even after you uninstall the terminal there are two relatively easy ways to access a command prompt, the virtual console (tty) and the root option in Recovery mode, so any program which requires access to a terminal (including root access) will still be accessible and run even if the terminal app is uninstalled. The same goes for all other apps installed in Ubuntu generally, because uninstalling the terminal only removes the terminal app itself and does not remove anything else.
Also the other packages aren't dependencies of the terminal. Uninstalling a package doesn't uninstall any other packages along with it except for packages that depend on that package in order to function.
answered 2 hours ago
karelkarel
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Even after you uninstall the terminal there are two relatively easy ways to access a command prompt, the virtual console (tty) and the root option in Recovery mode, so any program which requires access to a terminal (including root access) will still be accessible and run even if the terminal app is uninstalled. The same goes for all other apps installed in Ubuntu generally, because uninstalling the terminal only removes the terminal app itself and does not remove anything else.
Also the other packages aren't dependencies of the terminal. Uninstalling a package doesn't uninstall any other packages along with it except for packages that depend on that package in order to function.
answered 2 hours ago
karelkarel
59.9k13129152
add a comment |
Even after you uninstall the terminal there are two relatively easy ways to access a command prompt, the virtual console (tty) and the root option in Recovery mode, so any program which requires access to a terminal (including root access) will still be accessible and run even if the terminal app is uninstalled. The same goes for all other apps installed in Ubuntu generally, because uninstalling the terminal only removes the terminal app itself and does not remove anything else.
Also the other packages aren't dependencies of the terminal. Uninstalling a package doesn't uninstall any other packages along with it except for packages that depend on that package in order to function.
answered 2 hours ago
karelkarel
59.9k13129152
Even after you uninstall the terminal there are two relatively easy ways to access a command prompt, the virtual console (tty) and the root option in Recovery mode, so any program which requires access to a terminal (including root access) will still be accessible and run even if the terminal app is uninstalled. The same goes for all other apps installed in Ubuntu generally, because uninstalling the terminal only removes the terminal app itself and does not remove anything else.
Also the other packages aren't dependencies of the terminal. Uninstalling a package doesn't uninstall any other packages along with it except for packages that depend on that package in order to function.
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Uninstalling the terminal application that was installed with Ubuntu is unwise for several reasons you may not expect. Do not do so unless you have the skills and understanding to repair your system from a recovery prompt. If you installed a different terminal application after installing Ubuntu, then you can probably safely remove it...as long as it is not the only terminal application. Read carefully and understand fully apt's list of proposed removals before proceeding.
– user535733
2 hours ago
No, that will not happen. However, you should probably not be uninstalling the terminal anyway.
– Aaron Franke
1 hour ago