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I have purged the current kernel! [duplicate]
Help - I have purged the current Kernel (linux-image-2.6.32-43-server) and cannot reinstall because the boot sector is full. How can I clear the boot sector to reinstall the kernel?
$ ls /boot
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Question about Purging Nvidia Driver
Does purging Nvidia driver on Ubuntu also purges the driver from the windows? I'm using a dual-boot in my system and I don't know if it will affect the other os or not. Thanks for the reply.
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How to reinstall Ubuntu From Terminal?
Is there any way to reinstall Ubuntu 12.04 straight from the terminal? My terminal works but I literally almost purged my entire operating system by accident (bad advice from a community member). The ...
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How to restore original version of config file from package cannot be purged (e.g. base-files) by command?
I found a system's /etc/lsb-release has been modified and I want to replace it to the version in base-files package.
However I can't apt-get purge base-files because it contains crucial system files ...
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'Apt-Get install' & Software center not installed?
I did the command sudo apt-get purge and all my apt- commands and my software center are no longer installed.
when ever i do 'sudo apt-get update' even, i get 'sudo: apt-get: command not found'
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Problem when trying to purge
Terminal came back with
/usr/sbin/ppa-purge: line 1: 6022 Hangup $Apt update /dev/nu
What does this mean? I am fairly new to ubuntu (12.10) and trying to learn as I go.
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How do you purge a manual install completely?
When I install have needed to install packages manually by running ./program or make or whatever. I (unsurprisingly) cannot purge such programs using apt-purge to get rid of them.
I want to know how ...
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Which system files are updated when you install/update/remove a package?
When a new package is installed (even from source), or existing ones are updated/deleted/purged, some system files seem to be updated. Which are these?
I want the files which contain the list of ...
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Removed repository still being showed in synaptic origin section
I'm sure to have correctly purged a certaing ppa: it doesn't anymore appear in sources.list nor in sources.list.d folder.
It doesn't even appear in Synaptic's repository list, but if I open the ...
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accidentally removed active kernel
Because I wanted to get more free space on my /boot, I deleted old kernels
I accidentally deleted the active kernel, but the old ones are still present.
Can I simply reboot and start using the ...
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Deleting Windows 8 on my Asus Touchscreen Laptop and replace it with Ubuntu [closed]
Windows 8 is ok, luckily I am proficient enough with computers to learn fast, even on the dumbest OS like Windows. I prefer linux, as i don't have to worry about malware and viruses. Also, tons of ...
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Remove ubuntu-gnome-desktop?
I've recently installed ubuntu-gnome-desktop on my Ubuntu 12.10 32 bit system. It all worked, but now I would like to remove it again, since I like Unity better. This includes undoing all changes like ...
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What is the Difference Between `apt-get purge` and `apt-get remove`? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the correct way to completely remove an application?
Is there any difference between
sudo apt-get purge <package-name>
and
sudo apt-get remove ...
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How to Remove elementary desktop environment?
I'm running ubuntu 12.10 and yesterday I installed elementary from ppa:elementary-os/daily. I later realized that elementary replaces the stock nautilus with another version that looks misplaced in ...
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mysql completely removing
I broke my mysql and now I want to completely reinstall it. I tried:
$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall mysql-server
$ sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-client mysql-server
But always I see popup ...
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Can I automatically purge every package I've ever uninstalled?
As an Ubuntu noob, I install and uninstall a lot of packages, to try them out. However, for months, I made the mistake of using apt-get remove instead of apt-get purge, which I didn't even realize ...
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Cannot apply unity --reset after modifying files
So I have an idea of what I did wrong, I am just not sure how to fix it.
I used the Unity Glass mod:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/07/unity-glass-offers-refined-new-look-for-the-unity-launcher
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Why does “Purge” not remove everything related to an app? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can you completely remove a package?
I have learnt that using purge command rather than remove is considered better because purge removes all files related to an app ...
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How do you purge NVIDIA GeForce 7025 drivers?
How do you remove and purge NVIDIA graphics drivers recommended for installation in Ubuntu 12.04?
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How to uninstall java6
I am trying
root@vz10931:/var/www/mailer# apt-get remove --purge sun-java6-bin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run apt-get ...
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is it safe to remove apport?
Do I break anything if I
sudo apt-get purge apport
I have my secret business plan for world domination and who knows what's in a core dump?
I've seen Ubuntu (in particular dconf) recreate config ...
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Spotify support in Clementine broken 12.04 also purging doesn't work
I downloaded Clementine because I heard it had all sorts of connections to online music sources, including spotify. I had it installed before but it was from the software center and didn't have ...
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How do you completely purge an installed aplication? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the correct way to completely remove an application?
I installed UltraEditor (uex package) from a source I can't remember. Later I purged the installation with:
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How do you remove Banshee's user-level configuration settings? (i.e. those stored in the /home/user folders)
I have problems with Banshee, and decided to remove it and re-install it, but I would like to make a complete re-installation. I used remove and purge, but still I would like to remove all user ...
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sudo apt-get remove [software package] removes [software package] but installs something else as well?
I am using Xubuntu 11.10 Oneric on an old ThinkPad.
Often, when I run sudo apt-get purge/remove [software package], the requested software package, say, gnome-shell, is removed and replaced with what ...
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How do I revert all packages to their official versions?
I've installed a number of packages from PPAs, and I would like to revert to official versions now. Many of the PPAs no longer exist in /etc/apt/sources.list.d, so ppa-purge will not work on them.
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remove the ubuntu-desktop package
How does one go about removing the packages installed by ubuntu-desktop. I couldn't imagine going back to that after using LXDE.
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How do I completly remove software? [duplicate]
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Why are the hidden settings-folders not deleted when purging an application?
Ok I have 8GB on my desktop dual booting win 7.
I installed a few games, assualtcube, ...
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Remove Epiphany 3.2 after installing it from a PPA?
I installed epiphany 3.2 via ppa at webupd8.org to check out the webapp feature. tried it but its not for me. i removed the ppa in the software sources, and did remove --purge, but it is still there ...
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How can I completely remove xfce4 when apt-get remove --purge doesn't work?
Starting with a Ubuntu server, I wanted a window manager, so I installed xfce4.
I used
sudo apt-get install xfce4
to do this. To remove it, I used
sudo apt-get remove --purge xfce4
which ...
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can't purge java bin installation
I tried doing this:
sudo dpkg -P package_name sun-java6-bin
and it gives me this
dpkg: warning: there's no installed package matching package_name
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of ...
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Accidentally deleted the “linux-image-generic”
Well I tell you that my problem started when upgrading to Ubuntu 11.04. As it happened to me when I updated Ubuntu 10.04 to 10.10, every time I installed something, I got an error when reading ...
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Is there a command or tool to delete unneccessary settings in the home-folder automatically?
I want to get rid of all the settings eg. of wine which aren't deleted when purging it, but don't want to delete them all by hand. Is there any tool, that lets me do this? If not that might be a ...
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Why are the hidden settings-folders not deleted when purging an application?
I did
sudo apt-get remove --purge
for several packages, but apparently the personal settings are kept. Is there a command or tool to delete them automatically?
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Error with APE Server Installation
I was trying to install APE-Server from the .deb file at the ape-server homepage (www.ape-project.org) and I ran into an error so wanted to try removing the installation and reinstalling. I did a ...
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How to get Google Earth installed via .DEB?
Now I've really messed things up.
A long time ago, I installed Google Earth via a binary installer from Google (v5.1, I think).
Google now has version 6 available as a .DEB, so I decided to install ...
