# apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package ubuntu-desktop is not installed, so not removed 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. 27 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up xinit (1.0.2-0ubuntu3) ... chmod: cannot access `/etc/X11/Xsession': No such file or directory dpkg: error processing xinit (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xbase-clients: xbase-clients depends on xinit; however: Package xinit is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing xbase-clients (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg depends on xbase-clients; however: Package xbase-clients is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing xserver-xorg (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgksu1.2-1: libgksu1.2-1 depends on xbase-clients; however: Package xbase-clients is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libgksu1.2-1 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgksuui1.0-1: libgksuui1.0-1 depends on xbase-clients; however: Package xbase-clients is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libgksuui1.0-1 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-gnome2-extras: python-gnome2-extras depends on libgksu1.2-1 (>= 1.3.3); however: Package libgksu1.2-1 is not configured yet. python-gnome2-extras depends on libgksuui1.0-1; however: Package libgksuui1.0-1 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing python-gnome2-extras (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of deskbar-applet: deskbar-applet depends on python-gnome2-extras; however: Package python-gnome2-extras is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing deskbar-applet (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgksu2-0: libgksu2-0 depends on xbase-clients; however: Package xbase-clients is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libgksu2-0 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gksu: gksu depends on libgksu2-0 (>= 1.9.6); however: Package libgksu2-0 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gksu (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gdebi: gdebi depends on gksu (>= 1.3.6-1); however: Package gksu is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gdebi (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxklavier11: libxklavier11 depends on xbase-clients; however: Package xbase-clients is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libxklavier11 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-control-center: gnome-control-center depends on libxklavier11; however: Package libxklavier11 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-control-center (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-session: gnome-session depends on gnome-control-center (>= 2.6); however: Package gnome-control-center is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-session (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-terminal: gnome-terminal depends on gnome-control-center (>= 1:2.8.0); however: Package gnome-control-center is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-terminal (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gdm: gdm depends on gksu (>= 1.0.7); however: Package gksu is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gdm (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of update-manager: update-manager depends on gksu; however: Package gksu is not configured yet. update-manager depends on gksu; however: Package gksu is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing update-manager (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-app-install: gnome-app-install depends on update-manager; however: Package update-manager is not configured yet. gnome-app-install depends on gksu; however: Package gksu is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-app-install (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-panel: gnome-panel depends on gnome-control-center (>= 1:2.8.2-3); however: Package gnome-control-center is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-panel (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-applets: gnome-applets depends on libxklavier11; however: Package libxklavier11 is not configured yet. gnome-applets depends on python-gnome2-extras; however: Package python-gnome2-extras is not configured yet. gnome-applets depends on gnome-panel (>= 2.12.1-1); however: Package gnome-panel is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-applets (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-netstatus-applet: gnome-netstatus-applet depends on gksu; however: Package gksu is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-netstatus-applet (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-volume-manager: gnome-volume-manager depends on libgksuui1.0-1; however: Package libgksuui1.0-1 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gnome-volume-manager (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hwdb-client-gnome: hwdb-client-gnome depends on xbase-clients; however: Package xbase-clients is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing hwdb-client-gnome (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of hal-device-manager: hal-device-manager depends on hwdb-client-gnome; however: Package hwdb-client-gnome is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing hal-device-manager (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nautilus: nautilus depends on gnome-control-center (>= 2.6); however: Package gnome-control-center is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing nautilus (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nautilus-cd-burner: nautilus-cd-burner depends on nautilus; however: Package nautilus is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing nautilus-cd-burner (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of serpentine: serpentine depends on python-gnome2-extras; however: Package python-gnome2-extras is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing serpentine (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of update-notifier: update-notifier depends on update-manager; however: Package update-manager is not configured yet. update-notifier depends on gksu; however: Package gksu is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing update-notifier (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: xinit xbase-clients xserver-xorg libgksu1.2-1 libgksuui1.0-1 python-gnome2-extras deskbar-applet libgksu2-0 gksu gdebi libxklavier11 gnome-control-center gnome-session gnome-terminal gdm update-manager gnome-app-install gnome-panel gnome-applets gnome-netstatus-applet gnome-volume-manager hwdb-client-gnome hal-device-manager nautilus nautilus-cd-burner serpentine update-notifier E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)