diff --git a/sources/tech/20220719 How to Uninstall Deb Packages in Ubuntu.md b/sources/tech/20220719 How to Uninstall Deb Packages in Ubuntu.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e25185723d --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/tech/20220719 How to Uninstall Deb Packages in Ubuntu.md @@ -0,0 +1,132 @@ +[#]: subject: "How to Uninstall Deb Packages in Ubuntu" +[#]: via: "https://itsfoss.com/uninstall-deb-ubuntu/" +[#]: author: "Abhishek Prakash https://itsfoss.com/" +[#]: collector: "lkxed" +[#]: translator: " " +[#]: reviewer: " " +[#]: publisher: " " +[#]: url: " " + +How to Uninstall Deb Packages in Ubuntu +====== +Installing applications from a deb file is quite simple. You double click on it and it opens in the Software Center application and you install it from there. + +[Installing applications from a deb file][1] is quite simple. You double click on it and it opens in the Software Center application and you install it from there. + +But what about uninstalling a .deb package in Ubuntu or Debian? How do you remove the package you installed some time back. + +While there are several ifs and buts around it, the simplest and most reliable way of deleting a deb file is by using the apt remove command. + +``` +sudo apt remove program_name +``` + +As you can see, **you need to know the exact package name here**. This may not always be straightforward. For example, if you install Google Chrome on Ubuntu, the program is known as ‘google-chrome-stable’ in the command line. Did you already know that? I guess not. + +In this tutorial, I’ll go into detail about finding the exact package name and then using it to remove the application. I’ll also discuss using a graphical method for deleting .deb packages. + +### Removing package installed via deb files from Ubuntu + +Before I show you how to remove deb packages from the command line, let’s just quickly look at it in the Software Center application. + +#### Method 1: Check if the application can be removed from the software center + +Ubuntu has the Software Center GUI application that allows to search for applications, install them and remove them. + +The Software Center may not show the application installed when you search for it. + +![Searching for installed applications may not show any results in Ubuntu Software Center][2] + +However, you may still find it under the “Installed” section if you scroll down. The external applications are usually displayed without their logo. + +![Some installed applications can be found in the ‘installed’ tab of the Software Center][3] + +If you find it, you can remove the application by clicking the trash icon or remove button. + +![Removing applications from the Ubuntu software center][4] + +**Bottom line: Check if the application can be removed from the software center.** + +#### Method 2: Delete applications using apt command + +I am presuming that you don’t know the exact name of the application command. It is only natural that you may not know that Google Chrome is installed as google-chrome-stable and Edge is installed as microsoft-edge-stable. + +The tab completion may help if you have the first few letters. Otherwise, you can [list the installed applications with apt command][5] and use grep to search for the application name: + +``` +apt list --installed | grep -i possible_package_name +``` + +For example, you can intelligently guess that the Google Chrome package should have chrome in its name. You may search it like this: + +``` +apt list --installed | grep -i chrome +``` + +You may get more than one result in some cases. + +![check if google chrome installed in ubuntu][6] + +If you are not sure what the packages do, you can always get their details with: + +``` +apt info exact_package_name +``` + +Once you have the exact package name, you can delete it using the apt remove command. + +``` +sudo apt remove exact_package_name +``` + +You can also use apt-get remove or dpkg uninstall commands. + +![Removing applications installed via deb files using the apt command][7] + +#### Method 3: Use Synaptic Package Manager to remove deb applications + +Another method is to use the [Synaptic Package Manager][8]. Before GNOME created its graphical package manager in the form of the Software Center, Synaptic was the default GUI package manager in Ubuntu and many other distributions. + +It is still the recommended tool on the [Xfce desktop environment][9]. + +Install it first: + +``` +sudo apt install synaptic +``` + +Open Synaptic and search for the package name. Look for the installed packages that are marked green. Right-click on them and click on ‘mark for removal’. Hit apply after that. + +![Removing Deb packages using Synaptic package manager][10] + +### Did it help you? + +I am more than comfortable using the apt command to remove the packages installed from .deb files. But I can understand that not everyone is comfortable using the command line. + +I find the Software Center lacking when it comes to the removal of applications installed from external deb files. It could do a better job here. + +I hope you have a better understanding of removing deb packages now. Let me know if you have any questions. + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: https://itsfoss.com/uninstall-deb-ubuntu/ + +作者:[Abhishek Prakash][a] +选题:[lkxed][b] +译者:[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +校对:[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译,[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]: https://itsfoss.com/ +[b]: https://github.com/lkxed +[1]: https://itsfoss.com/install-deb-files-ubuntu/ +[2]: https://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/search-for-installed-applications-ubuntu-software-center.png +[3]: https://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/installed-applications-in-ubuntu-software-center-scaled.webp +[4]: https://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/removing-applications-from-ubuntu-software-center-scaled.webp +[5]: https://itsfoss.com/list-installed-packages-ubuntu/ +[6]: https://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/check-if-google-chrome-installed-in-Ubuntu.png +[7]: https://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/removing-deb-files-applications-ubuntu.png +[8]: https://itsfoss.com/synaptic-package-manager/ +[9]: https://www.xfce.org/ +[10]: https://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/removing-deb-files-using-synaptic-scaled.webp