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Since I prefer to use Evolution, I would really like to completely remove Thunderbird from my PC. I already performed sudo apt-get purge thunderbird* but locate thunderbird still lists some hits! How can I completely remove it?

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did you sudo updatedb to update the locate data base? – Ramon Suarez Feb 3 at 19:30
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Thanks! Well after updatedb is better... but still few hits. Looks more like two icons and thunderbird:thunderbird.desktop – FRC Feb 3 at 19:36
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No big deal then – Ramon Suarez Feb 3 at 21:23
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What are the full paths of those hits? – Sparhawk Feb 3 at 23:16
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/thunderbird:thunderbird.desktop /usr/share/app-install/icons/thunderbird.png /usr/share/icons/HighContrast/scalable/apps-extra/thunderbird-icon.svg – FRC Feb 5 at 8:52

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sudo apt-get purge thunderbird* will completely remove thunderbird from your system.

Here is what went wrong in your case.

  • You will need to wait for the locate database to update, or force update by sudo updatedb before the system picks the changes. Or use locate -e to print only files existing at the time locate is run.
  • The files you see in /usr/share/app-install belong to Ubuntu Software Center.
  • The files in /usr/share/icons belong to the corresponding icon theme.
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Removing Thunderbird from Ubuntu is really very simple.

Check this detailed post, with screenshots - http://terminaltwister.com/remove-mozilla-thunderbird-email-client-from-ubuntu-13-04/

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