Quick Answer: How to Uninstall a Program on Ubuntu?

Quick Answer: How to Uninstall a Program on Ubuntu?
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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

  1. apt-get allows you to manage packages and dependencies.
  2. To uninstall a package, we use apt-get:
  3. sudo => to do as administrator.
  4. apt-get => ask for apt-get to do.
  5. remove => remove.
  6. kubuntu-desktop => the package to remove.
  7. rm is a command to delete files or folders.
  8. to delete the xxx file in the same location:
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