Ubuntu :: Lucid Programs Uninstalling Themselves
Jul 20, 2010
I've been downloading some programs in Synaptic and adding PPA like it's Christmas, and two days ago noticed one of my wine games disappeared just like that, from the C Drive folder. Didn't think much about it and just copied it back in (I had a backup on a different partition). Also later that day wine disappeared and needed reinstalling.Now yesterday I decided to upgrade OpenOffice to 3.2.1 and went through the "tutorial" and uninstalled all the associated packages and installed the newer version. Gwenview and Gedit disappeared as well, needing a reinstall.
Now I log on today and Pidgin and Thunderbird are gone.I'm really not sure what could be going on, I mean it all seems unrelated. Why would reinstalling OpenOffice mess up everything else?So this is more of a nuisance than a problem, because when I reinstall the programs the settings are as I left them.
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May 26, 2011
The only MS program I need on my computer is Word 2007 for the equation editor to write/edit files from work. So after installing Wine I installed MSOffice2007. Excel worked OK (although I don't need it - I am perfectly happy with the Libre Office spreadsheet). Word however froze each time so I tried to uninstall and reinstall it. However I always got an error message when trying to uninstall with Wine. So I followed the advice of some strands in this forum and deleted the Program Files folder from the ~.wine directory. However the menus are still in Wine/Programs/Microsoft Office even though they lead to nowhere. I tried to reinstall but still I nothing happened. I presume the old entries still lead to the position where previously the .exe files were located. Now my question is either how can I remove these menu entries and try installing again - or even better - is there a Linux programme that can read/edit the equations written in Word 2007?
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Mar 31, 2010
I'd like to know how to uninstall software from Linux Mint 8 Helena. WinXP has the Add/Remove programs. What about Linux?
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May 1, 2010
so i just did a fresh install of lucid last night. it went relatively well, but there's a few minor issues.. one of them being that i can't install certain software from ubuntu software center because it tells me that the program isn't offered for amd64.
for example, when i try to install skype, it tells me
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Sorry, 'skype' is not available for this type of computer (amd64).
i even downloaded the 64 bit skype from the website, but when it doesn't want to install that either and just leaves me with a broken package.
the thing is, these programs that won't install with lucid worked perfectly with karmic.. so i guess it has something to do with lucid..
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May 19, 2010
I don't know how to install programs from the net on here >.< this is driving me up the wall. Just about any program I download doesnt have an install option.
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Mar 22, 2011
I am running usb version of lucid 10.04.2, with many apt-get installs. Shortly after running awhile, programs will not run, I get either an "input/output error" or "Bus error (core dumped)". (Examples of programs rendered inoperable are top, df, file)
I've read something about a memory leak in Lucid, but in my case, the computer doesnt slow down, things just stop working. Is this a known problem with Lucid? I'm thinking maybe one of my apt-get installs corrupted something. Is this a known problem that has a software update available?
Here is the output of "top" which fortunately currently DOES work, while other progs don't. (the memory usage stays constantly in that 1.5 GB range)
Mem: 3056772k total, 1554952k used, 1501820k free, 173004k buffers
Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 1081808k cached
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Dec 29, 2009
can open the programs pe-install, but can't open other programs or install new programs
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Feb 12, 2010
I'm trying to uninstall wine. I did everything i could to get it uninstalled, and I think it really is unintsalled, but the problem is when I go to "Applications" the Wine tab is still there, just without the logo. I even deleted the whole .wine folder. now what? how do I get rid of everything? oh and along the way I might have accidently deleted some web fonts? I was't even sure if i did, but more and more things are times new roman, and I know that they are not supposed to be. how do I restore that?
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Mar 23, 2010
I just uninstalled ubuntu using wubi In control panel/add and remove programs. and removed it.
Because i wanted to add more space, So i reinstalled Wubi, The wubi installer came up i filled it out adding the gbs i wanted name and new password and when i click on istall about two seconds in i get an error,
An error occured; Cannot install into C;ubuntu there is anotherfile or diretory with this name. Please remove it before continuing
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Jul 5, 2011
I have a problem with Opera 11.10. I can't seem to uninstall it. There is no package related to it in Synaptics Package Manager. It isn't listed in the Software Center.
When I search for "opera" in Unity search it shows up and I can launch it. The launch command is "application://opera-browser.desktop/." but there is no file like that in /usr/share/applications folder.
Also, when I install Opera 11.50, then it installs separately and still launches 11.10 from the Unity search.
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Mar 21, 2010
I made a slight mistake after editing my partitions with Gparted. I accidentally installed Grub 2 on my Ubuntu partition instead of re-installing it on the MBR.
I've since installed Grub 2 on my MBR, but how do I get the Grub 2 installation off of my Ubuntu partition?
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Mar 27, 2010
partition.Via the update manager or anything?Need help.
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Apr 14, 2010
Is it possible to install Ubuntu without uninstalling mac os X? Can I just shrink the OSX partition while I install Ubuntu? I don't have the OSX DVD, so I can't just reinstall OSX. I am running an iBook G4.
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Apr 26, 2010
I installed the compiz config. app, then changed some values. and after that I uninstalled it..
Now I see two or three processes running in System Monitor
I want to get rid of all that. how can I do that?
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May 2, 2010
I recently installed 9.10, and when I was looking for information on it I realized that 10.04 had come out. I then went to delete 9.10, instead of uninstalling it. Now my computer thinks that 9.10 is still on it. Some details. I put 9.10 on it's own hard drive (if it makes a difference, it is an actual physical hard drive, not a partition). I was having trouble with my usb booting, so I used the install inside of Windows option.
I then proceeded to reformat that hard drive in preparation to install 10.04. I am guessing there are registry keys that need to get deleted, or something similar. I went to the add/remove programs in the control panel, but that didn't help. Also, when I turn my computer on, Ubuntu is still a dual boot option, it just doesn't do much. When I try to boot to Ubuntu it says something about sh-grub, or ch-grub.
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Jun 17, 2010
I installed Ubuntu on my windows using Wubi. Is it possible to Uninstall windows and remain with Wubi and make Ubuntu the Operating system?
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Nov 14, 2010
How do I uninstall Ubuntu 10.10 directly from Vista?
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Dec 23, 2010
I installed mysql on Ubuntu linux with the command apt-get install mysql-server. How do i competely uninstall it?
Is there a way when i install the server to configure the server options (e.g. where the data directory is). I know how to change this once installed but i was wondering if there was a way to do it during the installation for ease. All i remember from the installation procedure is that you can set the root password.
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Jul 1, 2011
I somehow installed 2 versions of ubuntu on my computer. how do i uninstall them to start over? it ony shows me a black screen , but does say theres not enough room to do anything
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Oct 11, 2010
Ubuntu 10.04 how stable are the lucid-proposed and lucid-backports options in the software sources settings?
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Apr 30, 2010
What's the procedure for updating from Lucid Beta 2 to Lucid LTS? Is it just "apt-get upgrade"? Or would I be better off with a clean install?
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Mar 30, 2010
i have 2 hard drives with originally Win XP on one of them, and i thought it would be cool to have one with WinXP and the other one with Linux.so i choose Ubuntu. i just wished someone would have told me how Pro you really have to be for Linux.and that its totally not what i was looking for,...and apparently im a total Noob.so i Installed it, wasnt that hard, and first i thought what a cool OS ill keep it!than i tried Booting my Old OS *WinXP* from the other Harddisk (worked perfectly until than)/so Basically Ubuntu ****** up my WinXP because now i get the NTLDR Missing Error trying to start WinXP, that never happend before with that Pc.
i tought great now i have to reinstall Xp, but it came much worse,...i boot from the XP cd, and cant use the "normal" install funktion, because some errors say that i cant use the Partitions etc (no idea) up to cd reading errors,...so i wanted to try the Windows Repair console and easy Format C and D to get rid of Linux and reinstall a clean WinXP/
which OFC needs a stupid Admin Password, which i honestly NEVER have choosen.(i have no idea what the admin PW could be).than i made the big mistake of all, and tried to learn to Format anything with Linux,...20 stupid "tutorials" Later i still couldnt make it because im not that good with English and Linux,.
and all that programming speech, fdisk etc really is to complicated for me,...(i spent 1 hour finding where to enter the any command, because all tutorials ofc know that you ofc need the Terminal application,....half of the "how Tos: and Tutorials simply dont work because he doesnt know the Commands im entering probably Wrong, and and the other half is way to complicated for me to understand and requires knowledge i simply dont haveholy mother of god, i can tell you i never missed Windows so much,... right click, format done,... (again im not that good with Pcs)trying to get a windows admin pw is even more complicated than simply formating,... i guess.so now after aproxx 5 hours of trying to Format a hard drive under Linux i give up and came to you.
what i would need is simply a totally Idiotproove Manual to format Everything!
i have NO Idea how Linux works,.. so please if you could tell me step by step, just what to type or what buttons to press in this stupid Terminal,....i want the whole Pc clean again, so i never have to Suffer under Linux Pro"ness" again seriously its been a long time since i was so angry with my computer, and youre my last hopeand yes im very aware that im posting a kinda antiLinux thread in a Linux forum,
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May 8, 2010
I just recently installed ubuntu 10.4 using wubi. All I need to know is if I can uninstall windows from my computer using ubuntu 10.4 and if so how do I?
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May 8, 2010
I recently installed Ubuntu 9.10 within Windows Vista to try it out I have since tried to uninstall it but the uninstall fails with a message saying it is unable to find the file it is attempting to delete - sysout=. The process has produced a fairly large text log of the procedure and the error but none of it means anything to me.
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May 21, 2010
I was wanting to run a nightly build of firefox. So i downloaded the tar file extracted and ran the firefox script. It went straight to my normal browser. Do you know how to make it go to the 3.7 Nightly without affecting the normal stable Build.
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Jun 8, 2010
I have been using Ubuntu Wubi for a few weeks now and am quite happy with it, and I am not missing Windows 7. This is not my first contact with Linux OS. In fact I have tinkled with Red Hat, SuSe and Fedora quite a few years back but never pursued them seriously as I found them difficult to use. Many people seem to be saying that "if you want to uninstall Ubuntu, just go to Windows Control Panel and uninstall Wubi like you would any other application and it will remove Wubi " But what if I wanted to uninstall Windows 7 and leave Ubuntu on the hard disk? Would I need to start from square one and re-install Ubuntu again?
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Jul 3, 2010
I want to uninstall Ubuntu from my machine, but I didn't find any direct instructions on how to do so.I dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit,with Windows 7 installed first.
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Aug 1, 2010
I recently installed into ubuntu 10.04 the package called "ubuntustudio-audio", it's a collection of audio apps from the ubuntustudio distribution. I tested them, and I wanted to uninstall just a pair of them... but synaptic tells me it's not possible, unless I uninstall the whole "ubuntustudio-audio" package..
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Aug 25, 2010
Basically I've made a right **** up of my apache2 configuration and I just want to un-install apache2 and re-install so I can start again.
I've done research on this but the guides have always been for people installing using "apt-get" or "rpm" packages. I've tried these methods but nothing has worked.
The way I installed lamp was from selecting it in the different options when installing ubuntu-server from disk.
Is there any way I can do this through the terminal and not through synaptic, only reason being is that I'm ssh'ing across a local network.
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Oct 16, 2010
I was possibly overzealous in uninstalling packages using deborphan. I uninstalled various libraries and progams that I don't use (ppp, gimp, etc.), but I must have touched something useful, since the machine will no longer boot.
I thought this might cause a few problems, but expected to be able to recover, at least using the Recovery Mode. This isn't the case, sadly.
The main symptom is an infinite boot process, even using the recovery-mode boot. Things proceed as normal (grub screen, few lines of startup messages), but then a ton of text starts pouring onto the screen. It scrolls much too fast to read, and the Pause/Break key won't stop it. I do notice that there is a lot of talk about devices and udev, but can't make out more than that. The text doesn't obviously repeat, so I tried just waiting it out, but gave up after a couple hours.
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