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I installed Netbeans IDE some time ago (on Ubuntu 19.04) and don't remember the exact method I used to do so. I'm sure it wasn't using apt install because running sudo apt remove netbeans returns:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package 'netbeans' is not installed, so not removed

In the Software Center there's no "uninstall" option as well.

Running locate netbeans I found what seems to be netbeans installation folder in /opt/netbeans, but there's no uninstal.sh file there.

All the questions I found with similar titles pointed to uninstall netbeans using the uninstall.sh file, the Software Center or the sudo apt remove netbeans command, but none of these solutions are working.

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  • Run netbeans --version and just say if it returns version or error
    – user982307
    Jan 2, 2020 at 17:07
  • Also check if uninstall.sh is stored in /usr/local/netbeans-x.x.
    – user982307
    Jan 2, 2020 at 17:09
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    running netbeans --version returns: Product Version = Apache NetBeans IDE 11.0 and launches the IDE
    – sandmann
    Jan 2, 2020 at 17:09
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    there's no other netbeans folder elsewhere in the system
    – sandmann
    Jan 2, 2020 at 17:10
  • OK,this may sound strange,but try to install neatbens(again) and then uninstall it ( with apt-get remove --purge neatbeans or with uninstall.sh.
    – user982307
    Jan 2, 2020 at 17:16

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So If you can not uninstall any app of package via terminal, or through Store(Software, Discover etc.) or uninstall.sh is missing, then you need to install it again. No matters if it is terminal way, installer(.sh or .run) or Store. Then uninstall it (based on way how you install it again), but sudo apt-get remove --purge <package name> && sudo apt-get autoremove(package name is netbeans in this case) is fine in most of cases. Now app should be completly removed. This error is pretty often, becaose if you are using any app for cleaning, that apps can often remove uninstall.sh or sometimes system can not find that app withsudo apt-get remove.

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To remove the Netbeans installed through the Debian package is obtained as follows:

$ sudo apt autoremove --purge apache-netbeans

From Here

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