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Old 06-28-2008, 10:44 AM   #1
Hiroyatamoto
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Question Uninstalling packets in Ubuntu

How do I completely uninstall a packet in Ubuntu?
 
Old 06-28-2008, 11:37 AM   #2
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You can try: apt-get purge <package_name>
 
Old 06-29-2008, 09:43 AM   #3
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You can try: apt-get purge <package_name>
Thank you.

I will try it out.
 
Old 06-29-2008, 10:49 AM   #4
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The following should work
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sudo apt-get remove --purge somepkg
and
Code:
sudo aptitude purge somepkg
 
Old 06-30-2008, 08:53 PM   #5
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