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rickfromtheinternet

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Registered: 2025-10-24

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installed a program but cannot uninstall easily

i installed a program and the trial period ran out it was a trustworthy .deb file how would i go about removing this as it was a program not from the repository so therefor uninstalling in the usual way by right clicking in the menu failed.

q4osteam

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Re: installed a program but cannot uninstall easily

You need to run in terminal:
$ sudo apt autoremove <the_package_name>

rickfromtheinternet

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Re: installed a program but cannot uninstall easily

thank you although  i feel a bit silly because it was that simple

Last edited by rickfromtheinternet (2025-11-04 10:06)

q4osteam

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Re: installed a program but cannot uninstall easily

You are welcome. Any package should have this format:
<package_name>_<package_version>_<cpu_arch>.deb