Ubuntu Installation :: Remove And Then Completely Uninstall Software?
Feb 1, 2011
When Ubuntu Software Centre removes software, it leaves files behind in File System which is owned by Root preventing me from deleting them.
1. Could this be why Update Manager is insisting that I install updates for software that I have removed and do not use?
2. There is one application I would like to re-install because it asked me technical questions before I installed it. I think I gave the wrong answer and when I re-installed it, it didn't ask the question again. It seems likely that there is a file somewhere that Ubuntu Software Centre didn't remove, and I could do with deleting but is owned by Root. How do I do this?
3. Should I have posted this query under 'Absolute Beginner Talk?'. I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx.
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Mar 30, 2011
I am trying to streamline a desktop install into a more streamlined server-esk install. I have edited the inittab to change the runlevel at startup to 3. How do I now remove KDE completely? Also are there any other large programs I need to uninstall?
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May 4, 2011
There's a single command to achieve this result? I want those (never and not willing to use in future) features to be completly remove from all my systems (*buntu).
Prefered command like sudo apt-get autoremove and avoid "clicking/settting throug various menu" Battery level indicator prefereably kept
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I want to install new php so i need to uninstall previous version of compiled php 5.3.3.
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Aug 14, 2010
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Feb 25, 2010
I have only Ubuntu 6.06 LTS installed on my pc. previously I had Win XP AND linux on my pc(dual boot).
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Additional problem is that it asks for GRUB and I have to insert the Windows (?) disk and it starts working again. Why does Ubuntu need XP disk is beyond me.
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May 25, 2010
i installed the new ubuntu on my system as a side by side installation, i've been using it for about 2 weeks now. ported over or found linux equivalents of any applications and games i use onto my ubuntu partition, and now i've decided i want to have ubuntu use the entire drive and just delete windows! The problem is, i'm not sure if i can do that I shrank my windows partition half a gig and booted lupu (the ubuntu partitioner wasn't even showing this half a gig of free space) to see if i could just extend my linux partition (in the case that this did work, i was just planning on deleting my windows partition and just extending my linux to the full size of my drive). I really want to avoid a full reformat of the drive because i have customized my ubuntu a decent bit and i don't want to have to redo all of that (not to mention the data, but i could always back that up on an external hdd). Here is a screenie of gparted: i don't really know too much about partitioning. so is there any way to remove windows and give linux the rest of the drive without having to completely reinstall ubuntu?
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May 4, 2010
I installed Git on Ubuntu Lucid (latest) manually as following.
cd ~/tmp
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tar -xzvf git-1.7.0.6.tar.gz
cd git-1.7.0.6.tar.gz
[Code].....
Now, how can I completely uninstall it?
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After uninstalling WINE through by clicking on the uninstall button in the installed programs section I found there still lingered in the "open with other programs option" a list of wine exe. and WINE which of course do nothing now. How can I completely uninstall the WINE program?
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How do I temporarily but completely uninstall Ubuntu 10.4? I can't locate it in my registry, either using RegEdit or Revo Uninstaller. This is temporary. I will re-install on a different computer of mine that has much greater memory.
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Jan 27, 2016
I'm learning the apt-get package system, and I'm a little unsure of myself. Before I start removing packages/software, I want to make sure that I'm initially taking the proper approach.
Below is a script that I've used to successfully install Skype into Debian 8.2 "Jessie" 64-bit. (This script is a slightly modified version taken from: wiki.debian.org/skype). I want to know the right way to uninstall it.
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dpkg --add-architecture i386
apt-get update
apt-get install libc6:i386 libqt4-dbus:i386 libqt4-network:i386 libqt4-xml:i386 libqtcore4:i386 libqtgui4:i386 libqtwebkit4:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxss1:i386 libxv1:i386 libssl1.0.0:i386 libpulse0:i386 libasound2-plugins:i386
wget -O skype-install.deb [URL]
dpkg -i skype-install.deb
apt-get -f install
Now that I've installed Skype, how do I *UNINSTALL* Skype?
Will the following code completely remove the software added above, or will some "software-residue" be left behind, or will it remove other software that should have been left untouched?
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apt-get purge skype libc6:i386 libqt4-dbus:i386 libqt4-network:i386 libqt4-xml:i386 libqtcore4:i386 libqtgui4:i386 libqtwebkit4:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxss1:i386 libxv1:i386 libssl1.0.0:i386 libpulse0:i386 libasound2-plugins:i386
apt-get clean
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I decided at last to use the default slackware's driver. I uninstalled the nvidia driver and do startx, but it says code...
I have no idea about GPU and drivers, it was a mistake to install a driver for my nvidia just to have desktop effects. I just want to bring the things back as at the beginning of the systems installation and the default drivers.
Do you have any idea how to do it?
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Mar 18, 2010
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Metacity is not fired up by default.
so i have desktop and winows also open but without borders. i.e without any desktop manager.
I know a workaround, i.e. to add metacity --replace in startup applications. but this is work around and not the actuall work. my system Ubuntu 9.10 x64
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Just need my own repository for storage away from the laptop....still have the deb on hand just in case I want to reinstall....
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Nov 23, 2010
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I seriously need to deinstall wine completly to figure out a couple misterious problems i am having lately.
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Jun 17, 2011
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I got this problem with Synaptic, and now I cannot install or upgrade. Whatever I try, I get this error message:
Code:
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
syntax error: unknown group 'gnokii' in statoverride file
[code]....
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Jul 26, 2010
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Oct 21, 2010
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