Re: how to uninstall packages installed using dpkg -i
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 02:23, paragasu <paragasu@gmail.com> wrote:
> i download a deb package somewhere, it is for ubuntu. out of curiosity
> i installed this package on my debian lenny. It doesn't work well, and
> i want to remove it from my system.
>
> how to do it?
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> thanks
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dpkg -P <package-name>
For example, if you dpkg -i ~/download/aa_x.y.z_i386.deb
"dpkg -P aa" will remove everything installed by the deb package
note the command is not dpkg -P ~/download/aa_x.y.z_i386.deb
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