Ubuntu – How to remove XFCE from the computer

13.04cinnamonmatexfce

My computer is overheating because I got too many desktop environments installed like: MATE, Cinnamon and XFCE. I uninstalled them, but XFCE failed to uninstall. I get this error.

 sudo apt-get purge xfce4
    Reading package lists... Error!
    E: Problem syncing the file - sync (5: Input/output error)
    E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

Best Answer

Try these

sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get update

Now 

sudo apt-get purge xfce4
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