how to completly remove package chromium-browser?

GloomyBear · 08-07-2013, 03:26 AM

Hello ,
How do I get apt-get to completely uninstall a package? so I reinstall again full , for exemple chromium-browser when I did on Kali

Code:

apt-get install chromium-browser

it says need to get 48 MB of packges space ... i dont what 138 MB will be used ... anyway and needed to make it run as root changed the geteuid to getppid with hexedit and I think I missed with other values by mistake so i want to reinstall chromium and when I do

Code:

apt-get --purge remove chromuim-browser

it says 1.784kb space will be freed i type Y than when I do

Code:

apt-get isntall chromium-browser

it says 1.784 kb space will be used....so please help me

descendant_command · 08-07-2013, 03:30 AM

Code:

aptitude purge chromium-browser

should automatically remove the orphaned dependencies as well (apt-get just marks them as pending removal at the next 'autoremove')
For maximum visibility and control use aptitudes ncurses interface.

jim_p · 08-07-2013, 11:42 AM

The name "chromium-browser" is a leftover from some years ago, when the package "chromium" installed some game and "chromium-browser" the... browser with the same name.Today, the game package is named "chromium-bsu" and the browser package is named just "chromium".

So, upon installing "chromium-browser" you install a metapackage that installs "chromium". Removing it only removes the metapackage

GloomyBear · 08-07-2013, 10:35 PM

thank you for the terminal command descendant_command but it seems like jim_p correct i should use

Code:

aptitude purge chromium

and removed packages 100% here are some pics
here you go when I do

Code:

aptitude purge chromium-browser

http://imageshack.com/scaled/large/821/o7e.png
and here when I do

Code:

aptitude purge chromium

http://imageshack.com/scaled/large/708/qx8m.png
and gratz for me I can redownload chromium from 0

and it works 100%
http://imageshack.com/scaled/large/547/qpqg.png