How to Uninstall Package in Linux
Sometimes we install programs or files and later want to delete them. For example installing a package using the following terminal: sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop. However upon using 'rm' in order to delete this, we get the following message:xxxx@xxxx-laptop:~$ sudo rm kubuntu-desktop rm: can not remove 'kubuntu-desktop':.....
. In this guide we will show you how to resolve this issue.
Solution
First, you must understand the use of apt-get or rm.- apt-get allows you to manage packages and dependencies. It is accompanied by a wide range of commands in order to do its job.
- To uninstall a package, we use apt-get:
- sudo => to do as administrator
- apt-get => ask for apt-get to do
- remove => remove
- kubuntu-desktop => the package to remove
sudo apt-get remove kubuntu-desktop
- rm is a command to delete files or folders. For example I want to delete the test.txt file stored at the root of my personal file:
rm /home/username/test.txt
- to delete the xxx file in the same location:
rm -r /home/username/xxx
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