Questions about uninstalling softwares in Ubuntu, or uninstalling Ubuntu from a computer.
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Weird Thunderbird Uninstall Problem
Ok. I know there are other posts about uninstalling Thunderbird, but my problem is weird.
First when try and find Thunderbird in the Software Center to uninstall it it does not show up as installed, ...
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Remove Android OS and Install Ubuntu
So I found "The Complete Linux Installer" in Google Play but my cheap $72 tablet doesn't have enough space to run Ubuntu 12.04 on it. I'm considering acquiring another and just putting Ubuntu on it ...
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Tried to remove Ubuntu, stuck with Grub [duplicate]
I need help. I tried to install ubuntu 13.04 alongside Windows 8 on the same drive (a ssd) but all it gave me was problems-- boots in low-graphics mode, gives errors on start up, etc. etc. I'm done. ...
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How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on?
I know nothing at all about Linux, and I desperately need to get my laptop back up and running again with Windows, how do I remove Ubuntu?
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How do I remove libavcodec53 and libavutil51 before installing ubuntu restricted extras?
Hello I want to install ubuntu-restricted-extras after I installed Ubuntu 12.10 I get an error to remove libavcodec53 and libavutil51. Can someone please tell me how I remove the above items from my ...
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Why did uninstalling Wubi not free disk space while virtual hard disk was 15GB?
We recently uninstalled Wubi from a Windows Vista computer by selecting Ubuntu in Control Panel and clicking the uninstall button. The uninstaller ran suspiciously fast (it was done in a few seconds ...
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Proprietary ATI Driver fglrx kills my Video
So, I'll explain the problem, but first I want to cry aloud PLEASE HELP!
I've used Ubuntu 12.04 for more than half an year and everything is set up just the way I want it. But I did a stupid mistake ...
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How do I completely remove Unity Next?
I followed the instructions to install Unity Next. They worked, and I was able to run Unity Next.
Here are the instructions I used (quoting from the above link, with parts removed):
$ mkdir ~/unity
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Removing opera browser from xubuntu
I have downloaded opera from the website (dep package) and installed it now I want to remove it but I dont know how. I tried sudo apt-get remove opera but it didn't work.
Thanks in advance
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Login screen stuck after uninstalling zeitgeist
I uninstalled zeitgeist but it seems that I accidentally uninstalled also something relevant for Ubuntu to work, I found that it might be some kind of a Ubuntu desktop-package but I couldn't find ...
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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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Removing AppArmor
I have MySQL installed in my development machine, where I just don't need any additional security measure.
I want to move MySQL Data files to another partition, which implies a lot of change in ...
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How to uninstall a program (MagicDraw) and clean hidden files
I installed MagicDraw 17.0 SE in /opt running the sh I downloaded from the official site.
I had to re-install it because of a java issue, so I deleted the opt/MagicDraw folder and I ran the sh again.
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How do I remove Ubuntu, wipe hard drive and install Windows XP?
I have ubuntu 11.10, but i want to remove it, format my hard drive and install windows xp, but when i try doing this from the windows installer it says that the hard drive can't be formated so i would ...
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How to remove Xubuntu notification thingy?
I downloaded Xubuntu to try it on Ubuntu. After uninstalling it using sudo apt-get purge xubuntu-desktop, I found out that even after that when there were pop-up notifications, it would appear in the ...
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How to restore Windows 8 UEFI after deleting Ubuntu Partition?
I bought a Fujitsu with pre-installed Windows 8. I wanted to dual boot Ubuntu as I had done on my previous Windows 7 laptop. I followed some guides and managed to install it, with the GRUB boot ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 Desktop
Installed Ubuntu 13.04 Desktop from usb boot flash I get a blank screen with 2 small icons at the bottom of the screen, then the rest starts to load, then after a while I get just a corrupted screen, ...
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How to Remove Ubuntu 10.04/10.10/etc without Replacing It with Another OS?
Is there a way to completely remove Ubuntu 10.04/10.10/etc from a HDD without replacing it with another OS, so the HDD will return to its origin-state (empty)? I have googling this, as well as using ...
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how to uninstall any other OS without uninstalling Lubuntu [duplicate]
i have installed 2 OS on my computer. Linux Mint and Lubuntu 13.04 ( No windows )
now how do i uninstall Linux Mint ?
keeping in mind i've no windows OS so no bootloader issue i guess.
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How to perform full system restore on Ubuntu 12.04 removing all software footprints
How to go about performing system restore in Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) so that it also remove all software footprints as well. My system has only Ubuntu and is 64 bit.
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How uninstall a program?
How is a program uninstalled in Ubuntu?
By internet search I know to go to System/Administrator/something. Where is this so-called "system" found?
What is this "system"? System sounds important.
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How do I delete Fedora 15 from Ubuntu 12? Fedora was installed first
I installed Fedora 15 on my laptop and deleted XP (at least I think XP is deleted). Then I installed Ubuntu as dual boot with Fedora 15. Now I want to remove Fedora 15 and leave only Ubuntu (and XP ...
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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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Removing ubuntu 11 and keep Ubuntu 12
I have a laptop that has both Ubuntu 11 and 12. How do I safely remove 11 and leave 12 while transferring my data from 11 to 12?
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How to uninstall Ubuntu One?
I've looked in the Software Center, and there is an entry under Accessories for Ubuntu One, but I'm not sure if that'll actually remove Ubuntu One. On Ubuntu One's website, it gives a bunch of ...
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How can I be able to start Windows 7 from Ubuntu, and not from grub? [duplicate]
While I was in Windows 7, I once changed my System Settings to have Ubuntu starting automatically, and since then I don't know how to run Windows again (what a stupid thing I did). Since I can't run ...
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Uninstalling skype
I installed skype on my ubuntu 12.10 computer, but after opening the program I discovered that I can't log in with facebook, witch is my skype account. so i'm trying to uninstall it. I followed this ...
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install/remove list of packages from command line with apt-get
I'm writing a Makefile for our team to be able to set up a local environment with all of the software they need to install packages, etc so that they can develop quickly without having to figure out ...
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How can I edit my 'Boot Index' to remove Windows? [duplicate]
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 from Wubi, because the CD seems to fail in both Live and Install method (Infinite loading).
So in order to remove Windows, I had an idea: I modify my Boot Index list ...
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How to install windows 8, on a computer completely running ubuntu? [closed]
I tried booting from the dvd to install windows 8, but unfortunately I can only install windows 8 on an ntfs hdd. So i got GParted, but I can't create a new partition. I was thinking I could hook up ...
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How do I uninstall Ubuntu Wubi?
I want to uninstall Ubuntu because i just don't like it... I have windows 7 and no boot disk or anything special to uninstall, when i installed Ubuntu it said easy to uninstall and i would love to ...
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Uninstall Ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]
I want to uninstall my Ubuntu 12.04 (installed using Wubi). My Ubuntu is on one of partitions that I don't want to delete my partition.i using win 7.
And I don't use grub
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How can I remove and re-install Unity?
Unity is misbehaving after installing GLX Dock - HUD does not open with GLX Dock turned off and there are ugly shadows in the panel, three control buttons (close, minimise, maximise) and "Ubuntu ...
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PlayOnLinux preventing update - GPG Error
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and I recently removed the program playonlinux because it was preventing me from updating my software.
However, after removing the program and attempting an update,
W: GPG ...
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Chrome won't work and won't let me uninstall it
At one point I was using Chrome and then one day it just stopped working. All of a sudden it would open but the "Oh Snap" warning would come up. It doesn't matter what I do, it only shows the "Oh ...
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Cant uninstall ati drivers after failed install
I have been trying to hammer out the installation of the ati proprietary drivers for Ubuntu/Precise. I have been following the tutorial at ...
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Uninstalling Ubuntu. Which partitions to delete?
I installed Ubuntu successfully, however something went wrong and I could boot neither Ubuntu or Windows 8, I was forced to reset the computer.
I now believe Ubuntu and all its associated software is ...
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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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Uninstall Ubuntu and bring back Windows 7
I accidently installed Ubuntu 12.10 using the option "LVM" although i've not selected erase disk and fresh install. Now my systems boots direclt into Ubuntu and I'm unable to see my Windows files on ...
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How do i uninstall ubuntu 13.04 [duplicate]
04 and it works and all but i am dual booting it with windows 7, but when i run Ubuntu it runs then once i am in and on the desktop Ubuntu it works but when i open a file or some thing it will freeze ...
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Beta Steam Uninstall
I jut installed Beta Steam for Ubuntu 12.04. And i can't open it, even with that command steam steam://open/friends it still won't start. So is there any possibility to uninstall it?
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Remove Ubuntu Software Center?
I have a pretty slow computer, and every time I open Ubuntu Software Center, the entire computer slows down, and 97% of the time, it hangs.
So, I was wondering whether you can uninstall Ubuntu ...
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How can I check if all basic system software is correctly installed?
How can I check if all basic system software is correctly installed?
While upgrading to 13.04 Ubuntu asked about uninstalling many programs. I did accept them.
Ubuntu is working, but some entries are ...
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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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How to completely remove desktop?
I wanted to switch to Xfce (I had KDE and GNOME installed), and I did this :
sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get remove kubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get ...
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help: incorrect ubuntu unistall
I installed Ubuntu on windows. But due to space constraints I had to delete it. I didn't delete it the right way (- imagine some horrible way to do that).
Now I have reinstalled Ubuntu and everything ...
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Uninstalling Firefox means installing KDE
I'm running Ubuntu with Gnome-shell. For reasons outside of this question, I needed to temporarily uninstall Firefox. I had no other browser installed at that time. On entering
sudo apt-get ...
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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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Remove documentation to save hard drive space
I like to create a rather small Ubuntu installation in a Virtual Box machine. It should basically just provide TeX Live and related tools. I figured now that I have almost 1GB of data under ...
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How can I uninstall Ubuntu 12.04/13.04? [duplicate]
Is it possible to uninstall Ubuntu 12.04/13.04 and if so how?
I am currently dual booting it with Windows 7 (and it wasn't installed via Wubi and I don't have a system repair disk.
Thanks
