SKYPE - How to remove from Ubuntu 18.10

Hud · 03-14-2019, 03:47 AM

hydrurga: When I type in the command "dpdg-1 *skype* my response is: "command not found" ... maybe I do not know what I am doing vis-a-vis using the command line terminal -

Hud

syg00 · 03-14-2019, 03:52 AM

Nah, you just can't spell ...

Read the post again.
The command is "dpkg", "-l" is a parameter, and there needs to be a space (blank) between them. Take care.

Hud · 03-14-2019, 04:01 AM

syg00:I see what you mean...must be my tired old eyes - thanks -

Hud

hydrurga · 03-14-2019, 04:01 AM

Also, it's a lower case L, not a 1, and the *'s had double quotes around them.

Your best bet is to copy the command in the original post (with ctrl-c) and paste it into the terminal window (with ctrl-shift-v).

Hud · 03-14-2019, 04:17 AM

hyrurga,syg00: what came up, when I re-typed correctly, is: "ii skype for linux 8.34.0.78 amd 64 skype keeps the world talking ......"

hydrurga · 03-14-2019, 04:27 AM

Thanks Hud.

You'll find that it is skypeforlinux with no spaces.

You can delete that package with the following command:

Code:

sudo apt purge skypeforlinux

Note that in the future it is better to copy any output from your terminal with shift-ctrl-c and paste it here within CODE tags (see https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...og.php?b=36313) to avoid transcription errors.

Hud · 03-14-2019, 04:38 AM

hydrurga:Thank you very much

Hud

Hud · 03-14-2019, 05:40 AM

Thanks all … appreciate your help in this matter ,,, situation taken care of … removal was successful -

Hud