Questions tagged [uninstall]
Questions about uninstalling Ubuntu from a computer.
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Someone put ubunto on my laptop. It worked for a few months but isn't loading when i turn it on now. How do I get it back to windows? [duplicate]
When I power it on, the manufactuer logo comes on, then a bunch of log ending with 'crash report generated'. The person who installed Ubuntu is no longer around. How do I get Windows back? It's fine ...
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What is the best way to ensure proper installation of programs? [closed]
I've used Ubuntu for a little over 2 years now. I've recently ungraded to Ubuntu 22.04. So far, I'm very happy with it as the GUI is more like Windows PC. However, I still have a reoccurring problem, ...
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apache ubuntu 18.04 ads trailing slash at the end automatically
first i enabled mod rewrite then i used in my .htaccess this
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php
virtual hosts file ...
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Remove dual boot
My HP laptop came with Win 10 but cannot be upgraded to Win 11. I installed Ubuntu alongside windows, dual boot. Now I want to get rid of the windows. Can I just put my burned usb disk in and tell it ...
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How to re-install ddd on ubuntu 20.04?
From a couple of days ago, when I execute ddd (a graphic debugger using gdb inside), I only see this line below and doesn't give me the prompt.
GNU DDD 3.3.12 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu), by Dorothea L>&...
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How to remove Ubuntu from boot menu
I have removed Ubuntu from boot menu earlier later I used bootable key to run boot menu and then there were two options : windows and ubuntu
When I select Ubuntu it shows grub:
so, how to remove ...
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Accidentally uninstalled gnome 38, software center wont open
OS: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Hey there. I was just browsing through my ubuntu software center and uninstall and accidentally clicked the wrong thing, and uninstalled "gnome-38 something". ...
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How do I cleanly and completely remove Grub on Ubuntu 22.04
I have replaced Grub with rEFInd on my system and am very happy about it. I now wish to completely uninstall Grub and make sure that Ubuntu isn't bringing it back the next time it installs updates.
I ...
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Cannot uninstall "Giara" Application. Installed it via Snap Store. How to force-uninstall it?
Click here to view a detailed explanation of the problem with screen recording.
I installed Giara app from the Snap Store. Now I can't run it, so I obviously want to uninstall it, but I can't do so ...
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Protontricks still present after removing
I removed Protontricks with sudo apt remove protontricks && sudo apt purge protontricks, but when I type protontricks --gui in terminal, it still displays. Any solutions? Thanks.
EDIT: Fixed ...
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How to uninstall REMIX IDE completely from Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS? [duplicate]
I have installed REMIX IDE i.e. an ide for programming in Solidity programming language(widely used in Blockchain technology). I have installed it using it's official website. Now I want to uninstall ...
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Remove drive out of the PC
I have a problem that I don't know how to remove my drive (vutung2001) out of the PC. Because it's the school PC, so I don't want anyone see my drive. How can I remove it?
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WPS apps, KDE apps, locate, remove
i have Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
and there are some apps seen in the Show Applications window that I'd like to remove,
of WPS there are four apps: pdf, presentation, spreadsheets, writer
and of KDE there are ...
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How can I completely remove wine?
I'm trying to remove wine completely from Ubuntu.
I've already used several commands that say I no longer have wine installed, but when I run sudo apt-get update there are always remnants of wine.
Hit:...
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unable to uninstall linux-oem kernel - Dependency issues
My laptop has ubuntu 15.14.0-1057-oem as well as 5.15.92 and 6.1.10 kernels installed. I want to uninstall the 15.14.0-1057-oem kernel so I tried this:
sudo apt purge linux-5.14.0-1057-oem
But I am ...
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/dev/sda removal GParted Ubuntu 22.04
As can be seen I reinstalled Ubuntu more than a few times, for various reasons, not all of them being my fault. Using GParted and Gpart I managed to restore my files during my last attempt.
I ...
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How do you uninstall an app on Ubuntu Linux that displays in Show Applications, but is not "installed"
Checked /bin, /usr/bin, the name of the program was not there.
I grepped for it in my systemwide and there is a .py file with the name of the app, so [app].py.
I had two versions installed and one was ...
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Uninstall Linuxfx [duplicate]
I have Linuxfx running on a partition of an SDD drive but I would like to replace it with Ubuntu and KDE plasma. (I have windows 10 running on a different partition of the SSD so I don't want to ...
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Ubuntu Uninstall from windows 11 [closed]
I was researching about qbittorrent and saw a comment to download ubuntu. I dont know what it is or what it does, but I was trying to solve a problem in qbittorrent and thought ubuntu would work.(Keep ...
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remove Signal in ubuntu when you forgot how you installed it
i don't remember how i installed Signal desktop. i think i did it with ubuntu software.
the version is v1.39.6
so i removed it with all the ways i know
as if installed w/snap but it says here that ...
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Remove all files in folder except files with certain sequence
I have a folder with a massive number of .dat files that follows a certain pattern (i.e., *_t_0.1000.dat, *_t_0.1001.dat .... , *_t_0.2000.dat). What I eventually want to do is to delete all files ...
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Remove an application in recommended apps
I am using Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS, , and I have this small bug but it is stressing me out how to fix it.
I installed ms office on my system using PlayOnLinux, but then I decided to uninstall it. When I ...
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How to uninstall ubuntu from Windows 7
I installed ubuntu on windows 7 using UNetBootin, and now I want to uninstall it. How can I do that?
my laptop is Dell latitude E6510 if this helps
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Uninstall STM32CubeIDE
I downloaded and installed an older version of STM32CubeIde from this site a while ago. It is a dot DEB file version 1.5. How do I completely remove this software?
Ubuntu 20.04 is the OS used. Ubuntu ...
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Cannot correctly remove Lazarus, error exit status 2
I've tried to install Lazarus, but to no avail, so i tried to remove it.
installed lazarus-src-2.2 package post-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 2
dpkg: too many errors, stopping (...
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Handbrake 1.51 stays in the system even after uninstall
I am trying to remove Handbrake completely after finding out I had two versions installed in my system. I succeeded at removing handbrake-jz, but the other one (version 1.51) won't uninstall.
I tried ...
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Switching from Ubuntu Studio to vanilla Ubuntu
My laptop has Ubuntu Studio 22.04 but it’s a bit too much for the old AMD Turion64 system and barely runs so I am trying to remove all the Studio components, including all the extra fonts, to try it ...
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How to uninstall VirtualBox 7.0.x that was cancelled to install VirtualBox 6.1.x?
At Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 was executed:
sudo dpkg -i virtualbox-7.0_7.0.4-154605~Ubuntu~jammy_amd64.deb
but through the unpacking process was cancelled through ctrl + c. It because is need it the 6.1....
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How to remove katoolin from Ubuntu 20.04? [duplicate]
About the script that installs kali Linux tools in any Linux distro, https://github.com/LionSec/katoolin, I am looking to remove it before updating my system, as the repository recommends.
Before ...
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Remove/Delete a string of characters from filenames
I have a bunch of text files that end with the line www.thethinkfoundation.org, for example:
file1.www.thethinkfoundation.org.txt
file2.www.thethinkfoundation.org.txt
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file100.www....
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What's the difference between purge and remove in APT? [duplicate]
I always loved to mess around with my Ubuntu system for fun, and after messing around with it for a while today(with the apt package manager), I found a command called "purge".
I did some ...
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Unable to uninstall GStreamer multimedia codec
Every time I try to uninstall GStreamer Multimedia Codecs from the Ubuntu Software Centre, it tells me I can't uninstall GStreamer Multimedia Codecs as its held by process 44958 (apt).
In the terminal ...
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How to remove KDE Themes from gnome from 20.04 LTS?
Today I got curious and installed KDE desktop environment. And after I logged in to my gnome session, the themes looked like a mix between KDE and Gnome. So I used this script to remove KDE desktop.
#!...
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Lutris wont Uninstall
Ubuntu 22.04.01
Installed Lutris and it wont run Witcher3/GOG.
Lutris Installs and I can launch Witcher3 directly from Wine but when you try to run it from Lutris it wont run. Ive installed the ...
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How to uninstall oracle 10g on ubuntu 22.04g? [duplicate]
I am trying to uninstall the oracle database xe 10g from ubuntu but I am unable. Please guide me.
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How to remove manually installed Python version in opt?
I'm using the latest version of Ubuntu, and I recently followed this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYUH08BM37g as part of a course for learning Python, and no longer need it. I was never ...
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Uninstalling chrome apps in the "Show Applications"
I have this youtube app installed on my system (Ubuntu 22.04 LTS).
I didn't install it through snap-store or the command line. It was installed when I accepted an option appearing in chrome to ...
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mySQL install resulted in a FROZEN install condition. Attempted fix failed. I'm unable to continue install or uninstall
Ubuntu 22.04.
Removed mysql-server, then attempted to re-install mysql-server on my machine.
In the process of the uninstall I chose to KEEP existing databases.
The process of reinstalling FAILED with ...
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Can't uninstall Rainlander 2
I've installed Rainlendar2 lite from the official website in my Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.It is a deb package.Now,I can't uninstall it.How can I uninstall Rainlendar2 ?
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uninstall whatsapp-for-linux [duplicate]
My ubuntu version is ubuntu 22.04LTS
I install "whatsapp-for-linux" here is the command that I use it to installing
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install snapd
sudo snap install ...
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Help me uninstall Photoshop! [duplicate]
I was installing photoshop and found out my PC wont be able to run the newer versions. So I decided to uninstall it and install a previous version. But it won't uninstall. I tried using the code "...
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How to uninstall "try ubuntu" and return to old OS
When we install ubuntu to pc, it gives choice: to try linux or install linux. If we select try, we have a way to load from Windows f.e. But if we understood ehat we should stay on Windows, how to ...
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how to get back in Ubuntu after after pressing d in upgrade and
Just completed upgrade and press D for details. Try returning back removing 64 packages. I was able to get back to #
Please how can I get back and remove the 64 packages.
Thanks.enter image ...
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Unable to completely remove Deepin desktop environment
Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS Release: 22.04 Codename: jammy
I made the mistake of trying Deepin (DDE) in ubuntu recently. I am almost done getting rid of it's many scraps it ...
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These icons are automatically changed like this. How can I remove these and replace original icon? in ubuntu 22.04.1
I want to reset it back to the way it was.
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Installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on a laptop as dual boot, can't uninstall it
My laptop is running Windows 10, and I decided it was time to try Ubuntu, so I did. I set up a live USB (Ubuntu 22.04 LTS), and installed it from there, trusting the installer would work. Everything ...
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How do I compleatly uninstall 'Unigine Benchmark Heaven 4.0' from Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS?
There are various associate directories on this system, but no entries in the Ubuntu Software App, Is uninstalling this package just a matter of deleting it's directories in the home folder? or are ...
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Removing 'syncthing' from Ubuntu 22.04
My OS is Ubuntu 22.04 & I installed syncthing. After exploring it a bit, it didn't fit my need (local backup to USB) so I've tried deleting it with no success. I have a remnant somewhere that I ...
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Remove Gnome safely? (after installing Unity)
There are already some other threads about removing Gnome.
But my concern did not seem to be addressed anywhere, I think.
I installed Unity and couldn't be happier. Now the Gnome packages are totally ...
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Wine not removed after running apt-get purge
I upgraded to Jammy Jellyfish recently and it broke a number of applications and adjustments. I am working on removing/reinstalling them, but Wine is proving difficult.
I ran sudo apt-get purge wine ...
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