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I installed x11 in an attempt to get VNC working. Had problems. Then installed TightVNC.
Is it a problem to run both? Are there potential conflicts?
How can I cleanly uninstall x11? I'm running raspbian and want to simply remove what was installed with x11 and no more.
This answer shows up high in search for google "remove X11 ubuntu" so I thought it would help to update it for Ubuntu 18.04
sudo apt purge 'x11-*'
sudo apt autoremove
And given I don't like cruft in my tmp folder it doesn't hurt to remove the hidden folders in /tmp/
# check to see what files or folders are there
sudo ls -alF /tmp
# remove as needed - for example:
sudo rm -r /tmp/.X11-unix
sudo rm -r /tmp/.XIM-unix
most probably this should do the trick (mind the quotes):
sudo apt-get remove -purge 'x11-*'
sudo apt-get autoremove
