Questions tagged [removing]
Remove other operating systems, as in dual-booting.
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How to remove Windows and GRUB problem
At the moment I have Ubuntu and Windows 7 installed on my hard drive. Since I don't want to split my memory I want to remove Windows, but I have no idea how to do it since I am new to Linux.
Another ...
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Why did Ubuntu try to self-destruct?
I was using Ubuntu happily for some months (almost fully updated, latest AMD driver and everything). About a week ago I started trying to install some games that I bought on Humble Bundle that I ...
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Removing an Ubuntu installation
I first had windwos 7, then I installed Ubuntu alongside and when my laptop starts I can choose between ubuntu and windows (the ubuntu boot screen) .
Now I have installed another ubuntu inside the ...
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How to fresh install ubuntu 12.04 without removing windows 7
I have both Ubuntu and Windows 7 on my computer. I want to fresh install Ubuntu 12.04.
I want to remove older Ubuntu and install Ubuntu 12.04 without any changes on Windows 7.
I know I can upgrade ...
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Safely remove linux partition and grub from windows
How do I safely remove ubuntu partition from windows?
I messed up with ubuntu update; now the desktop is empty, no launchbar and no sidebar, although all the files are there and the terminal is ...
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Kde not removed?
I have been used ubuntu 12.04 whit KDE, before I upgraded to 12.10 i removed KDE. Now some programs, icons and buttons still have the KDE skin while i'm using UNITY?
How can i fix this?
PS: i know ...
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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 unity-...
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problem while removing Kubuntu-desktop
I tried to remove kubuntu-desktop using this command --> http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/pureubuntu [chk link plz]
and this is it's output and nothing being removed! :(
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hilal@Hilal-PC:~$ sudo ...
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How do you delete a folder that contains spaces?
So I finally got my Ubuntu box up and running, ran the LAMP install, and successfully loaded up the apache2 webserver, and php5. The one thing I didn't want is for Ubuntu during the installation to ...
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How do I switch between Ubuntu and Vista and how do I delete Ubuntu?
So I was wondering how do I switch between Windows Vista and Ubuntu? And also, if need to, how do I go about deleting Ubuntu?
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Is there a usage count for packages or programs?
Motivation:
I want to remove applications I do not use to speed up my package processing tasks like dist upgrades, regular updates, but also for saving disk space and other reasons. I know this is a ...
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Windows XP Dual boot removal
I've had Ubuntu dual booted with Windows XP for awhile now and I think it's time to get rid of windows. How do I do this correctly so I don't mess up my hard drive?
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Why apt-get purge wants to install packages while I use --no-download and --no-install-recommends?
I am using Debian but I think this can be easily posted here.
I have already uninstalled openoffice packages from my Debian machine but somehow apt-get put abiword in his place. Now I would like to ...
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