Questions about uninstalling softwares in Ubuntu, or uninstalling Ubuntu from a computer.
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Uninstalled Ubuntu to reinstall it, have a *:Recovery partition
Before I originally installed Ubuntu 12.04 this partition (*:Recovery) didn't exist, and I'm not sure what it is or if I need it. I'm running Windows 8 now and went through the entire uninstall ...
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A package was installed badly. How to remove it?
When I'm trying to update or install anything I get this error:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: The package equalx needs to be ...
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How to switch from Ubuntu to Windows 7?
I have Windows 7 installed on C drive and installed Ubuntu on D drive. When I start the laptop, it starts with Ubuntu. I want to switch back to Windows 7. I don't want to lose any data on Windows 7. ...
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Removal and return to old OS [closed]
I believe my system was loaded over another OS, can I uninstall or remove it and be able to use my old operating system again? Mine is corrupted and missing many files. unable to launch wireless card, ...
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How to completely uninstall eclipse?
I'm working on Eclipse Indigo on Ubuntu 12.04.
I'm trying to completely uninstall Eclipse (with Synaptic Package Manager + "Mark for complete removal"), but when I reinstall it, I clearly see that it ...
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How do I uninstall Ubuntu 12.10 (32-bit) and replace it with 12.10 (64-bit) without breaking my dual-boot with Windows 8?
I have a 64bit laptop running win 8 on my main partition and Ubuntu on another. My motherboard is UEFI if that makes a difference and here is my problem...
The current Ubuntu install is 32-bit. Since ...
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Reinstalling for upgrading not working
In order to upgrade Ubuntu from 10.10 to 12.10 I didnt use the update manager but reinstalled it completely, since old ubuntu was having problems and I could not log in (had login loop). I had not ...
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How can I uninstall everything I've been installing for last two days?
I tried to install weather gadgets for days, non of them worked. The thing is that I can download and install but nothing is working. Did I did that and why?
To make things worse, than I installed ...
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How to remove Ubuntu 12.10 from dual boot with Win 7?
I have dual booted Ubuntu with Windows 7. I wanted to uninstall Ubuntu. So as per an answer for one of the related questions on this site I did the following:
Deleted the Ubuntu Partition through ...
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How can I delete my printer from Ubuntu?
Using 12.04 my printer a canon ip2600 will not print.
SystemSettings/printers shows it as installed, connected to local host, enabled, accepting jobs, shared and allowing printing for everyone. Yet ...
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reinstall Ubuntu software center [duplicate]
ciao a tutti,
ho disinstallato l'ubuntu software center perché mi dava problemi e, usando le vostre precedenti guide, ho provato a reinstallarlo, ma mi genera errori nel terminale e non lo installa. ...
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how to remove 12.04 & install 12.10 or 13.04 when I have windows too?
I was a windows user in the last year i listened good things about Ubuntu & Finally installed 12.04 on my acer laptop . I found it useful & nice . after 5 months i saw KDE & really love ...
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Is it safe to uninstall thunderbird?
Actually I don't want it, I also don't want to install any updates of Thunderbird.
So, whenever new updates available to download, I will manually deselect it from downloading.
Thanks
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How to remove software installed from source, where “make” was not used?
I download this package and following the instructions on the website i untared its package in /usr/local/share and used ./install command to install it.
now I need to remove it. Is there anyway to ...
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upgraded from windows xp sp3 to windows 8 forgot to uninstall wubi from the second hd partition before upgrading [closed]
Hi i recently wiped and upgraded my c partiton in windows from xp sp3 to windows 8. when using xp i had installed wubi on a seperate partion of my D drive. due to unexpected circumstances i was ...
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Unable to uninstall OpenVPN 2.3.1
I've uninstalled Openvpn but it is still there When I type for example OpenVpn -- version it shows me:
OpenVPN 2.3.1 i686-pc-linux-gnu
[SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [EPOLL] [eurephia] [MH] [IPv6] built on ...
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How to uninstall “LiveUSB” package? [duplicate]
I've installed the LiveUSB programme using the DEB file. What is the best way to remove the installer as I cannot find it in the software centre; is it just a python programme that can be deleted?
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How to remove orphaned files and residues
I'm using 12.04 LTS. After uninstalling unwanted packages using purge and autoremove commands I still have orphaned files in system / home directory (configuration and cache files mostly).
Just to ...
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How can I remove Cairo Dock from my desktop after having uninstalled it?
I have uninstalled Cairo Dock and now that I have done this, it is still attached to my desktop.
Every time I reboot the computer and sign in, a warning shows up on my desktop regarding my ...
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Revert from dark nimbus theme to default in netbeans
I installed the Dark Nimbus theme in netbeans' plugin manager. Now theme has changed but I do not like it. I uninstalled it from plugin manager. but nothing happened. What can I do?
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Uninstall empathy without affecting dependencies
I am trying to uninstall empathy from my Ubuntu 12.10. So I issued the following command
sudo apt-get purge empathy
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading ...
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How to replace Ubuntu 32-bit with 64-bit in dual boot?
I just got a new Lenovo Ideapad y580 running Windows 8. Today I took my first crack at dual booting Ubuntu on it. Since 32 bit is marked recommended, that is what I downloaded, but apparently it is ...
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Problem restoring android after trying Ubuntu on Nexus 7
I tried Ubuntu on my Nexus 7, and I now want to restore android on it. I made the procedure described, in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Install and the Ubuntu flash worked well.
But when I want to ...
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Network connectivity issues
I installed Ubuntu alongside windows 7 and I have a feeling something went wrong with the installation. The OS works fine for the most part but I have no network connectivity and cannot pull up any ...
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How can I uninstall/reinstall VMWare-workstation after manually deleting the files?
I installed VMWare Workstation 9 x64 on my laptop, but the operating system was crashing at startup after the installation of VMWare, so I deleted the VMWare files with an Ubuntu bootable disk. So I ...
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Uninstall build dependencies using apt-get
To install the build dependencies of some software, we use command
$ sudo apt-get build-dep XXXX
What to do in case we want to remove those packages only, those dependency packages installed by ...
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Uninstall with KDE menu
I'm running Kubuntu 12.04.
After I installed Xfce 4 on my system with:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.10
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
Now I am able to ...
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How to uninstall mathematica 9 from Ubuntu?
I'd like to know how can I uninstall Mathematica from Ubuntu.
apt-get remove does not work.
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unistall Ubuntu when Wubi fails
I installed Ubuntu using Wubi on my Windows 7 laptop about a year ago. I hadn't used it for a while until a couple of days ago. I checked for software updates and got a bunch. I began to install them. ...
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Emerald theme manager on ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]
I've installed emerald theme manager, but not from Ubuntu Software Center (because it isn't there) on Ubuntu 12.04. And of course I had to install a lot of other libraries/packages for it. And my ...
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Pre-installed Libreoffice does not uninstall properly [duplicate]
User expertise: next to zero
Problem:
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 (the latest linux-secure-remix as of late march 2013) to my new notebook. It has LibreOffice installed, but there is no LibreOffice ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 not loading after removing Wine
I used the following command to get rid of Wine on my Ubuntu 12.04 system but instead it got rid of everything!
sudo apt-get remove wine*
Now when I try to load my Ubuntu I get the following:
The ...
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Ubuntu One uninstall / re-install broken Windows XP SP3
Ubuntu One is broken and will no longer sync on my Windows XP SP3 laptop.
It says "Getting Information, please wait..." forever, on home network with no firewall or proxy. Once it is stuck, it will ...
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Remove double ubuntu installation
A while ago I decided to install ubuntu on my computer, but as it turns out, that was a 32 bit version, and my system runs 64 bit. So I decided to install the correct version, but for some reason ...
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How to deactivate SAA7130 / SAA7134 driver [duplicate]
I don't care about my computer's TV/DVB card. That card uses the saa7130/34 driver. I suspect either this hardware or its driver to cause problems with my computer. Therefore I want my Lubuntu ...
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How to un-install Ubuntu? [duplicate]
I have 3 partitions. One for Windows 7, one for Ubuntu and one for my files. So, how do I go about un-installing ubuntu? I did not install it using Wubi.
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How can I uninstall Kdevelop from Ubuntu? [duplicate]
I want to uninstall Kdevelop from Ubuntu.
It was not possible to create, debug and compile C programs, only C++.
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How to uninstall Steam cliend on Ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]
I've got a problem over here. I'm running out of space on my computer and decided to get rid of Steam, games, etc etc.
I have installed Steam with Wine. The problem is that i have removed Wine ...
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uninstall packages using dpkg
I want to uninstall openoffice package and want to do this using single command or regular expression i.e
dpkg -r openoffice-org*
but dpkg doesnot accept wild cards
how can i uninstall all the ...
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Uninstalling a downloaded theme
I downloaded GnomishDark every since I applied the theme Ubuntu 12.10 hasn't been the same. I reverted to a pre-loaded theme but I think some of the dependency GnomishDark applied may be the problem. ...
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How do I make my current installation of 12.04 like when I first installed it?
I recently did a project involving a lot of messy installs. After manually undoing what evil I have done I realize I have broken a lot of dependencies and instead of manually slaving over each one, ...
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Completely removing a package
I have recently corrupted my Gimp installation. When I try apt-get remove gimp it removes it. But when I try to reinstall it fresh from repository, it won't. It just installs it back from local ...
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uninstall ubuntu tweak
I'm having issues with Ubuntu Tweak because it wont let my system update. I think there's a bug because every time I try to install an app or update my pc Ubuntu Tweak keeps telling it can't install ...
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How do I remove Windows 7 when I am dual booting Ubuntu 12.10 as well [duplicate]
I would like to remove the Windows 7 OS and only use the Ubuntu 12.10 install. Is there a way for it to work?
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Unable to remove OpenJDK from Ubuntu 12.04.01
I ran the following in terminal
sudo apt-get remove openjdk-6-jre
but
java -version
still show as OpenJDK installed. Please see image below
How to remove OpenJDK from Ubuntu 12.04.01?
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How do I uninstall the Chrome (OS) desktop enviroment?
So, yesterday I installed the Chrome OS desktop environment for Ubuntu (12.04). It didn't work (probably because the install was corrupted). But anyways, how can I remove it?
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I've installed GNOME to try it out - Didn't like it. How do I get rid of it? [closed]
I'm running the 13.04 beta and have never tried GNOME3. I've installed it in the following manner:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-gnome-desktop ubuntu-gnome-default-settings
sudo apt-get install ...
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I can't add or remove any programs
I got this message when i try to add or remove any program
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 285, in _process_transaction
...
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boot from separate partition? HELP
My husband is away working and has taken his work laptop with him and has come across a problem. He texted me saying
I have broken my work laptop. The linux cd was in from a while back, and asked ...
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Uninstalling ubuntu 12.04
I have ubuntu 12.04 installed with Windows Vista on my C drive.Because of damaged partition
table I cannot use ubuntu 12.10 live usb stick for installing in place of 12.04. I also
cannot ...
