Removing a file/program

[astrophysicist]

Hello Members. I was updating my gaim to 1.4.0 and it required a newer version of GTK+ so I got it successfully downloaded and installed from aptitude. However now I have two versions of GTK on my system (an old one and a new one) and Gaim is telling me to remove the older one. How do I do this.

- How do I remove the older version of GTK?

- How do I delete a file/program?

- How do I remove old kernels from my system?

Thanks in advance.

[budman7]

I am not sure on the first one.
A file you can just do "rm filename", you may have to do "rm -r filename"
To remove old kernels,use your favorite text editor to open up your /etc/lilo.conf if you are using lilo or if you are using grub, open up /boot/grub/grub.conf, it may be /boot/grub/menu.lst and just delete the entry for the kernel you don't want.

[jlgreer1]

With system files, you will have to be root or su (super user). But be very careful, you can end up with a mess. And watch out for wild cards.

You might read the bash man file or some tutorials on the bash shell.

Jeff

[Vergil83]

Hello Members. I was updating my gaim to 1.4.0 and it required a newer version of GTK+ so I got it successfully downloaded and installed from aptitude. However now I have two versions of GTK on my system (an old one and a new one) and Gaim is telling me to remove the older one. How do I do this.

- How do I remove the older version of GTK?

- How do I delete a file/program?

- How do I remove old kernels from my system?

Thanks in advance.

apt-get remove program-name

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/ap....html#s-remove