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Old 08-02-2015, 01:09 PM   #1
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How to remove unused menu entry in XFCE menu


hi, I uninstall 'Amarok' application from my Debian7 machine. however, there's still menu entry for it in xfce menu such as 'amarok' 'nepomok' etc.

How do i remove these residule menu entries?
 
Old 08-02-2015, 01:41 PM   #2
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hi, I uninstall 'Amarok' application from my Debian7 machine. however, there's still menu entry for it in xfce menu such as 'amarok' 'nepomok' etc.

How do i remove these residule menu entries?
As root run:
Code:
apt-get purge remove amarok
apt-get purge remove nepomok
 
Old 08-02-2015, 06:37 PM   #3
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thanks!

I used autoremove command to remove the invalid menu entries:

apt-get autoremove
 
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