CODEWITHSUNDEEP
ubuntuunixubuntu-18.04
abr_78
abr_78

Reputation: 33

How to uninstall packages in /usr folder

I have certain packages files in local bin such as python2.7, jupyter notebooks, reaver etc which I don't want at all. I tried doing

sudo apt-get remove command but it said that the packages have not been installed , and so not removed.

But when I type reaver on terminal it shows that it is installed.

How do I remove these unwanted files?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2035

Answers (1)

Mayank Porwal
Mayank Porwal

Reputation: 34086

Remove software Using apt from command line Just use the command

sudo apt-get remove package_name

If you want to also remove user data and configuration files

sudo apt-get purge package_name

Using --auto-remove parameter will also remove package dependencies.

Using dpkg from command line Just use the command

sudo dpkg -r package_name

To remove a package and its configuration files

sudo dpkg -P package_name

Files in your home folder are not part of the package so they will stay on your system until you remove them by yourself.

Upvotes: 1

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