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What I usually found frustrating is: I want to uninstall some program, but I don't know where they are (like mozilla firefox, java, c++), and how to uninstall them.
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- 06-03-2008 #1Just Joined!
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a common question:how to uninstall program in linux?
What I usually found frustrating is: I want to uninstall some program, but I don't know where they are (like mozilla firefox, java, c++), and how to uninstall them.
can some one give some information on this? thanks!
- 06-03-2008 #2Just Joined!
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What distro are you running?
Are you using a package manager?
Give us this kind of information so we don't have to ask
- 06-03-2008 #3forum.guy
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It's usually best to remove packages using the package manager that was used to install them. If the packages came pre-installed with your distribution, the default package tool for that distro would be the best option for removing them.
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thanks! mine is suse.
i think there can be two kins of program: one is available to all users, and another is only available to current user. can both be managed by package manager?
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