I just installed Debian "Bullseye" with GNOME, but it comes with a lot of unwanted applications which I want to remove. I went ahead and searched for the corresponding package names. I also checked if a given application can be removed in the software center.

The following command purges every application that could be removed in the software center:

This additional command purges the applications that can only be removed through the terminal. (I didn't include network-manager-gnome and gnome-terminal since removing these will cause a lot of annoyance.)

Finally, the following command combines the two above:

Is there a better way to achieve a minimal install than running the commands above?

The answer is :

The gnome metapackage is not aimed at providing a minimal install, but a full install, with an office suite, photo viewers, games, etc.

@mashuptwice has a good comment that will work for an installation "from-scratch", but it's possible to get into that same state without re-installing your machine.

I had experienced previously that uninstalling evolution will uninstall the packages that depend on it (i.e. gnome). Doing that will mark other dependencies (e.g. gnome-core) for autoremoval unless they are explicitly marked as manually installed.

If you want the Gnome desktop environment without the "extra components", take a look at the Depends:, Recommends: and Suggests: section and choose which parts you want to manually install:

Steps:

You'll note that things like gnome-chess are not listed in the dependencies here. They are further down the tree (brought in by gnome-games). You probably don't want to deal with dependencies of dependencies, that's frustrating. Just deal with the metapackage and everything else will be taken care of.

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