cannot uninstall software from slackware 14.0
Hi, I would like to uninstall thunderbird, kmail, kde blogger tool and more. These programs do not appear as packages in
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removepkg thunderbird How can I do it? Thanks |
thunderbird's package name is mozilla-thunderbird, so you'll have to removepkg using that. KDE's blogging tool is called Blogilo (if I recall correctly), so if you have it you might need to uninstall using that package name. The others I'm not sure about.
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root@nova01:~# removepkg mozilla-thunderbird |
No, I did not. I installed slackware 14.0 and that is where mozilla-thunderbird comes. That's weird
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Packages aren't in /usr, they're in /var/log/packages. The package name in /var/log/packages/ is what you "removepkg."
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Btw, I said if you type removepkg in /usr, you can remove a package the same way as you do it from pkgtool. |
If a Slackware package is installed with a Slackware tool it should show in /var/log/packages.
So, are you sure that thunderbird is (still) installed?. To check, type as a regular user (not as root): Code:
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ls -l /usr/bin/thunderbird PS Or maybe you inadvertently removed (part of) /var/log/packages? This the only other possibility I can think of, right now. PS2 If you made a full Slackware 14 installation (but the KDEI series) following command should return a little less than 1070: Code:
ls -1 /var/log/packages | wc -l |
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thunderbird: /usr/bin/thunderbird /usr/X11R6/bin/thunderbird /usr/bin/X11/thunderbird /usr/X11/bin/thunderbird Code:
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 Nov 25 23:19 /usr/bin/thunderbird -> /usr/lib64/thunderbird-15.0.1/thunderbird |
Then what is the output of
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wc -1 /var/log/packages | wc -l In that case the database /var/log/packages should be rebuilt, otherwise Slackware tools for packages management won't work. |
It returns 1130. I removed packages I dont use using removepkg and installed multilib packages to be able to use skype and virtual-box.
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Then only a few packages are in concern. Good. Try this for these:
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upgradepkg --install-new --reinstall <package> |
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