Re: how to uninstall packages installed using dpkg -i
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 18:32, Mr. Wang Long <mr.wang.long@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?
>>
>>
>> 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
You can also use "aptitude purge package_name" or aptitude in
interactive mode (in which case it will be listed under "Obsolete
and Locally Created Packages"),
Cheers,
Kelly Clowers
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