Cannot remove a package in Sarge using apt?

RyanGRA · 09-22-2006, 02:24 AM

I installed a game to try it out and I ended up not liking it so I tried to remove it. I typed from a command line - apt-get --purge remove "package". It went through the motions and I selected yes to uninstall. Apt uninstalled the package, or so I thought. Not only is the program still in my window-maker menu but it stills runs! I really want to get rid of it because I have severely limited hard drive space. Did I do something wrong? I was just following the instructions in an APT HowTo.

eerok · 09-22-2006, 10:57 AM

Try either 'apt-get --purge' or 'apt-get remove' ... not both together.

RyanGRA · 09-22-2006, 11:28 AM

Thanks, but --purge needs the remove command in order to work unless you are using dpkg. BTW dpkg didn't work either. Any other ideas?

patolfo · 09-22-2006, 12:13 PM

try a gui like: kpackage or synaptic; first reinstall it, then make a clean, deorphan... then try to remove either via apt or gui.

I had the same problem with an application, a more radical way of doing this, is to remove desktop manager and reinstall, but that is not the best way, believe me.

macondo · 09-22-2006, 08:01 PM

Hmm, this has never happened to me.

To remove package:

# dpkg -P <name of app>

then with my file manager i look for that app dot file in my /home and delete it.

# apt-get clean

$ update-menus

# updatedb

Nathanael · 09-22-2006, 08:17 PM

what is the output of dpkg when trying to --purge or when trying to simply remove?