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I installed a program from inside the terminal by mistake. It is callet "root" and is a c/c+ interpretor app that I want uninstalled... I tried apt-get remove root from ...
  1. 01-24-2009 #1
    jtheb
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    Mistaken install

    I installed a program from inside the terminal by mistake. It is callet "root" and is a c/c+ interpretor app that I want uninstalled...

    I tried apt-get remove root from the terminal but was told it could not be found. I did this from the sudo command.

    Will appreciate the help
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    Storm Rider
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    root is not a program. root is the name for the top level system administrator. You can log in as root which is not normally needed or use "su" or "sudo" to get root level privileges. Root level privileges are needed to make any system changes or install apps.
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    With that in mind, any "program" calling itself "root" is likely malicious. How is it you came across this so called program? How was it "installed" in the terminal?

    This is why it is best whenever possible to only install programs from trusted repositories through apt-get (incl. frontends like Synaptic or aptitude).
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