Questions about uninstalling softwares in Ubuntu, or uninstalling Ubuntu from a computer.
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What happens to my files when uninstalling Ubuntu (installed from wubi)
(original OS win7) I've installed ubuntu from wubi (so I can easily uninstall it after I try it), I've also installed some apps. I am wondering if I uninstall ubuntu, will all the files I created and ...
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Installing multi-boot Linux system
I have a dual (XP/Linux) boot Compaq Presario S4500UK with a couple of spare partitions on the boot drive which I want to use for testing different Linux distros/configs before installing them on ...
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I cannot remove/install software some dependency issue?
I'm having difficulty trying to install/uninstall applications in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I have this warning error that appears on my desktop in the form of a red icon with a line through it and it states:
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Remove remmina compiled from source
Ubuntu 12.04 comes with Remmina 0.9.99.1 as its latest update
Then I installed Remmina version 1.0.0 from source.
It makes a problem while I am connecting to RDP. And since I need to work with RDP, ...
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How to remove the graphical user interface?
Okay my question is that, I want to run a heavy application, on a Virtual Machine (VirtualBox) with just 2 GB RAM (Windows 7 32Bit Host has 4 GB, 3.5 GB effective). Initially I thought of installing ...
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Uninstalling with Ubuntu Software Center doesn't work on Ubuntu 12.04.1 64bit [closed]
Not sure if I'm doing something wrong, or if the .deb package I'm installing is broken in some way (I've built it, using NetBeans 7.2), or if indeed this is a bug in Software Center.
When I install ...
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If I uninstall ubuntu, will Windows Boot Manager still be there?
I want to get rid of my Ubuntu partition, because I never use it on my laptop, only on my desktop.
If I remove Ubuntu (I'm assuming GRUB will go with it), will Windows Boot Manager still allow me to ...
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Blacklisting grub packages from installing
I am trying to block GRUB packages from being installed (after having purged them). The problem is virtually identical to Blacklisting packages from installing and even involves GRUB which is exactly ...
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When uninstalling all GRUB packages for EC2 AMI build script, how do I bypass prompting?
When I try to uninstall all GRUB packages from the cloud-image version of Ubuntu I use in AWS EC2, I get an interactive prompt. I need put this all in a script under automation, so prompts need to be ...
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What happens to the storage capacity when I uninstall Ubuntu?
I used the wubi installer for Ubuntu 12.04.
After having trouble with getting the Ubuntu to boot, I tried uninstalling it with Wubi.
From 'My Computer' (in Windows 7), I noticed the maximum ...
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Can I recover data after my Ubuntu 11.04 (Wubi) has been uninstalled?
I was running Ubuntu 11.04 through Wubi on my PC and I decided that since I don't use it all that often i would simply get rid of it. I (thought I had) put all of the files that I needed onto an ...
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Uninstalling ubuntu + partitions
I have Ubuntu 12.04 installed onto my dual-boot system; how can I uninstall it?
Which partition(s) should I delete? As you can see, I have two used/Full up 'Other' partitions and one ext4 ...
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After formatting Windows 7 there is still dual-boot screen
I have installed Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.10 on my PC and Ubuntu was installed using WUBI installer.
Today, I format my PC and installed Windows 7 and after restarting the PC, there is still ...
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apt: ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
I typed this command to remove a package and related configuration files:
sudo apt-get --purge remove supervisor
The command ended without errors but I got this message:
ureadahead will be ...
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How do I remove or uninstall DirectDownloader from Ubuntu 11.10?
I wanted to download a gallery of .jpg file from the Internet. The website suggested the
DirectDownloader program to be installed to be able to download this gallery.
I could install the ...
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Remove Ubuntu from Dual Boot windows 7 both in same drive
I have installed Ubuntu as Dual BOOT with Windows 7 . I didnt had any partition for Ubuntu . Now i have to remove Ubuntu . How do i do so ??
Pls help . It is urgent
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How can I uninstall Unity-2D
I want to completely remove Unity-2D (not Unity) on Ubuntu Precise Pangolin 12.04. I used dpkg -l | grep unity-2d to list the packages which belongs to Unity-2D. The result was this:
ii ...
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How can I uninstall VMware 8 Workstation from Ubuntu Studio 12.04.1 LTS?
I have tried a few things already but I still can't seem to uninstall it. The last thing I tried was this code:
vmware-installer --uninstall-product vmware-workstation
and that didn't work for me. ...
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Remove KILE and other KDE dependencies
I am using Ubuntu 12.04. I found my root directory full so thought to free up some space.
In this regard I opt for removing KILE. But the base package KILE is only 4.4 MB.
How can I remove its ...
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Uninstalling Ubuntu 12.04 after installing from CD [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on?
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a Win 7 system from a CD (NOT WUBI), so I now have a dual boot system.
I want to remove ...
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multiple preinstalled programs with similar jobs
I have unity, gnome-shell and xubuntu on my laptop. They all have their favorite preinstalled programs it seems. Do I really need three text editors for example? Could I remove two and just have the ...
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What partitions do I need to replace to uninstall Ubuntu and re-install OSX?
I have a Emac (imac) PowerPC G4 1Gz/1GB RAM, ATI Radeon 9400 - 80GB / DVD RW+-
I have installed Ubuntu and it is running just fine.
However, the lack of flash functionality on the PPC architecture ...
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If Ubuntu is installed along-side of Windows, can it be deleted later?
If Ubuntu is installed along-side of Windows, can it be uninstalled later?
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Installed Ubuntu with WUBI, how can I completely remove Windows Vista?
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04.1 yesterday, and I'm happy with how it's working. I think I installed it as a dual system though, because Ubuntu and Vista shows up when the system boots up.
I ...
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How to completely uninstall LXDE (12.04)?
I'm trying to remove LXDE from my 12.04 system.
I've tried running the following commands (as root from a terminal):
apt-get remove lxde
apt-get purge lxde
apt-get autoremove
I've also tried a ...
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How to remove or uninstall a Unity scope
I intalled the Unity Photo Lens using this commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:scopes-packagers/ppa && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install unity-lens-photo unity-scope-flickr ...
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How to uninstall mfc8440lpr with error 127?
I keep getting an error message stating I have to remove mfc8440lpr. I have gone to the Synaptic Packages, found mfc8440lpr and id'ed it for removal. When applied, I get the following:
subprocess ...
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Uninstall built-in auto email notification [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to remove the Mail icon indicator applet?
There is a program without name, which is installed with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
It is responsible for e-mail notification but it ...
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I Cannot install or remove packages
I tried to install the openoffice.org package but it gave an error. Now i cannot repair, remove or install nothing. The Software center of xubuntu gives this error log. Nothing seems to solve this. I ...
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Problems reinstalling Windoxs XP instead Ubuntu
I've installed Ubuntu in my netbook using all hard disk. It runs, but I don't like it and I'm trying to reinstall Windows XP.
I use an external CD-ROM and the disk of installing Windows XP. That ...
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Completely uninstall ubuntu
I am attempting to uninstall Ubuntu. I purchased a copy of windows 7 and I need to completely wipe Ubuntu from my laptop. I did not dual install Ubuntu and windows when I started using Ubuntu, I ...
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Tried to remove lamp-server, now my X won't work
I did this command to install: sudo apt-get install lamp-server^
I did this one to uninstall: sudo apt-get remove lamp-server^
It uninstalled a LOT of things, and now my system won't go to X. I ...
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How to uninstall VirtualBox in 12.04?
Can anyone help me removed VirtualBox?
By the way, I couldn't install some softwares, is it because it is a 64-bit version?
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How to completely remove wicd from 12.04?
I had issues with WiFi so I removed Network Manager.
I booted Windows OS (dual booting Windows 7 and 12.04) to download wicd 1.7.2.4. Extracted it and installed. However, wcid worked properly with ...
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Unable to remove fs icons - package
I tried to remove fs icons from my system and i get the error
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory ...
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What is the correct way to completely remove an application?
I've searched the net for such information and found different command lines, like these ones:
sudo apt-get remove application
sudo apt-get remove application*
sudo apt-get remove --purge ...
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How do I remove Ubuntu without losing any data from the HDD?
I've installed the newest version of Ubuntu but now I want to get back to my windows but when I reach the screen with Windows Boot Manager, like this...
(This is a screenshot from the installation ...
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How do I uninstall the Ubuntu Studio desktop package?
I have installed ubuntustudio-desktop for Ubuntu 12.04.1 on my computer.
Then I noticed that there is no practical difference (with the non studio version) with the exception of Xfce and new start ...
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Uninstall gmusic browser
I would like to uninstall gmusic browser from my xubuntu installation. I find it does not meet my playback requirements. How do I go about this?
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Uninstalling/deleting Calligra
I am installed Calligra on Ubuntu 12.04, but I do not like it and now I want to uninstall it. I am installed unstable release with project-neon. I am tried to delete folder in /opt but I can not ...
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how to uninstall ubuntu12.04 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on?
i have installed Ubuntu 12.04 alongside windows7 home premium in my laptop. i don't find any options to remove ubuntu. ...
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Will there be a boot selection screen after uninstalling WUBI installed Ubuntu?
I'd like to know if uninstalling Ubuntu via "Programs and Features" on Windows 7 or Vista would also remove the boot entries that had once been created during installation, and would it thereafter ...
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How to remove old Linux kernel modules »tp_smapi«? [duplicate]
~$ locate tp_smapi
/lib/modules/3.0.0-19-generic/updates/dkms/tp_smapi.ko
/lib/modules/3.2.0-26-generic/updates/dkms/tp_smapi.ko
/lib/modules/3.2.0-29-generic/updates/dkms/tp_smapi.ko
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ubuntu server won't restore monitor after powersaver shutdown
I have 2 problems with my Ubuntu Server 12.04.1 install.
This is installed on a biostar a75mg motherboard with an amd a4 3300 dual core cpu with integrated integrated radeon graphics. The system has ...
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apt-get problem while installing , removing and updating
I tried to install ZTE's software for mobile broadband but it got error while installing itself.
Now I was ok with the network-manager which itself detects my USB modem. But, everytime while ...
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How to uninstall WUbi installed in E drive? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I remove wubi?
How do I uninstall Ubuntu Wubi?
I am having Ubuntu installed in my E drive (Note: Not C drive) for over a year while I use window 7. For some ...
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How to completely remove firefox so it won't update?
I really don't like firefox, so the first thing I did after installation was install chromium as a browser and removed firefox via terminal using:
sudo apt-get remove --purge firefox
But every time ...
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I cannot remove ubuntu [closed]
When I try to enter ubuntu, it gets stuck on the GRUB loader menu.
I have tried to install xp using a cd but the system does not detect the cd or the cd drive.
I have tried to use gparted and xp on a ...
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NTFS for Windows [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on?
I want to install Windows to my computer. However, Windows needs NTFS -filesystem for hard disk.
I want to replace Ubuntu ...
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how do I uninstall Dropbox
After booting up a popup screen tells me Dropbox did not install correctly but it is lurking somewhere.
To install properly I first have to delete the incorrect install. I'm using latest Ubuntu.
