[resolved] Uninstall a deb package

[craigbert]

Hello All,

I installed some software from a *.deb package. In other words I did not use the Software Management tool. How do I uninstall it now?

[de_koraco]

Re: Uninstall a deb package

With the software management tool. The advantage of deb packages is that they integrate with the package management system, so apt, KpackageKit/Muon/Synaptic and others can uninstall them.

[dibl]

Re: Uninstall a deb package

sudo apt-get purge foo

[craigbert]

Re: Uninstall a deb package

Thanks guys, the sudo apt-get purge worked like a champ.

I did have to figure out how to get the package name since dpkg operates on that and not the file name.

Here is the command:

sudo dpkg --info foo-1.4.deb