Uninstall a program???

nsclight · 10-10-2013, 06:24 PM

Help... How do I uninstall a program. Related to this is that I am not able to find the program in umbuntu software center, yet I am able to log into the program. I want to uninstall it and try to reinstall it properly. The program is not working completly.

yancek · 10-10-2013, 06:34 PM

Indicating what the program is might help. You should be able to remove it with apt-get from a terminal.

nsclight · 10-10-2013, 07:09 PM

'The program is Skype. You mentioned "You should be able to remove it with apt-get from a terminal". How do I do that?

frankbell · 10-10-2013, 08:13 PM

Run apt-get with root privileges. You have two choices:

Code:

apt-get remove [packagename]    <-----Removes program, leaves config files.
apt-get purge [packagename]    <---------Removes everything associated with the program

Run apt-get --help or man apt-get for more details.

evo2 · 10-10-2013, 08:18 PM

Hi,

the method of uninstalling software depends on the method used to install it. How did you install it?

Evo2.

jefro · 10-10-2013, 08:22 PM

Extra info maybe. http://askubuntu.com/questions/22806...stalling-skype

$ sudo apt-get remove skype skype-bin

nsclight · 10-10-2013, 08:27 PM

I went online to skype.com to download it.

nsclight · 10-10-2013, 08:29 PM

How do I run apt-get?

evo2 · 10-10-2013, 08:29 PM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by nsclight

I went online to skype.com to download it.

What was the name of the file you downloaded and what did you do after downloading it?

Evo2.

evo2 · 10-10-2013, 08:31 PM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by nsclight

How do I run apt-get?

By typing "apt-get" into a terminal and pressing enter. However, it seems you did not use your package manager to install skype, so apt-get will not be able to uninstall it.

Evo2.

jamison20000e · 10-10-2013, 08:39 PM

<programs> <utility> <terminal or counsel> then:

Quote:

Originally Posted by frankbell

Run apt-get with root privileges. You have two choices:

Code:

apt-get remove [packagename]    <-----Removes program, leaves config files.
apt-get purge [packagename]    <---------Removes everything associated with the program

Run apt-get --help or man apt-get for more details.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jefro

Extra info maybe. http://askubuntu.com/questions/22806...stalling-skype

$ sudo apt-get remove skype skype-bin

or su if you don't have sudo

How to use Bash...

frankbell · 10-12-2013, 08:16 PM

If it was a *.deb file installed locally with dpkg, I think that dpkg can be used to uninstall it. I've never needed to do that, because I've not wanted to remove any packages that I installed with dpkg.

From the man file:

Quote:

deinstall--The package is selected for deinstallation (i.e. we want to
remove all files, except configuration files).

purge--The package is selected to be purged (i.e. we want to remove
everything from system directories, even configuration files).

The syntax would be like this:

Code:

dpkg deinstall|purge [packagename]

I looked at the man page for gdebi and it does not seem to include a "remove" function, but I would hope that dpkg could handle that; I'm too lazy to test it tonight, though.

Otherwise, it is necessary to know exactly how the package was installed.

jmc1987 · 10-12-2013, 11:00 PM

apt-get or aptitude is just the front end to dpkg. dpkg is the debian package manager, but it doesn't resolve dependicies. if you installed it through the gui method by clicking on it, then you probably installed it with gdebi.

"apt-get remove skype" should do the job.

Have you tried that as said above? What where your results, can you give screen shots or something. apt-get will remove the program. dpkg is more for the advanced users and is hard to use by its self if you don't clearly understand it.

jamison20000e · 10-13-2013, 09:39 AM

It's always nice to know when\how solved...

If I remember correctly I used Synaptic for my brief time with Ubuntu, simply because I like it.

John VV · 10-13-2013, 02:51 PM

Quote:

How do I run apt-get?

you open a terminal and run
( on Ubuntu )

Code:

sudo apt-get --help