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How do I uninstall a program from terminal ubuntu?
Method 2 Uninstall Software Using Terminal
- To uninstall MPlayer, you need to type following command to the Terminal (press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard) or use copy/paste method: sudo apt-get remove mplayer (then hit Enter)
- When it asks you for password, don’t be confused.
How do I uninstall a package in Linux?
Solution
- apt-get allows you to manage packages and dependencies.
- 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.
- rm is a command to delete files or folders.
- to delete the xxx file in the same location: