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Fully remove PlayOnLinux and any files left behind [duplicate]
I recently installed PlayOnLinux with:
sudo apt-get install playonlinux
But then decided that I wanted to remove it so I did:
sudo apt-get purge playonlinux
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get ...
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How do i completely uninstall tor? (and then install it?)
First of all, I'm really new to Ubuntu and Tor. I've been trying to get tor working for days now and I can't seem to do it. Right now I'm trying to remove all remnants of tor/vidalia/polipo from my ...
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How to remove an application?
I uninstalled Scilab from my system using Synaptic Package Manager. But still there is a folder named .Scilab in my home folder. This is the case with other removed applications. How can I get rid of ...
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How to remove a package entirely?
I'm quite new to Linux, but before using it I was hearing that Windows programs, after uninstallation, leaves a lot of remains on the hard disc, and Linux removes all.
I'm using Ubuntu 10.04. To ...
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How to completely remove PlayOnLinux on 14.04 Ubuntu?
I was trying to install PlayOnLinux from terminal but it failed 2 but the last time it installed but I couldn't agree. But it worked and installed. I installed the latest version. Here is the problem, ...
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How to remove unwanted configuration files/folders?
When installing an application it creates few files/folder, mostly in HOME ~/.config and ~/.local/share/.
After removing the application these files do not automatically get removed. So, is there a ...
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How do I completely remove ekiga?
How do I completely remove ekiga via sudo apt-get remove --purge seems to leave some information when i re-install ekiga. can i rm -rvf even tho ekiga is not just in the home file but in the gconf>...
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Error remove a package which is not installed
I always get a notification that: Ubuntu faced an internal error. After checking it turn out there is a package not fully installed or removed libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3.
When I run: sudo apt-get ...
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Openshot VideoEditor is not running
not able to run the openshot. Everytime, I run it it goes and create a process though. Even after ending process and restarting doesnot work, then running through terminal, gave me above mentioned ...
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