How can I uninstall a duplicate program?

Ubuntu Software center won’t allow me to view installed programs because automatic updates are paused – something I can’t change.

The command:

sudo apt remove cawbird

does not work.

I have two of these app icons in my app drawer and only one works.

Solution 1:

You have to try removing it using Snap and/or Flatpak by

snap remove cawbird
flatpak remove uk.co.ibboard.cawbird

For APT use

sudo apt-get autopurge cawbird

cawbird is a snap

You can remove a snap by opening a terminal and typing:

sudo snap remove <package>

After completion, the folder for will remain. You can check the name of the folder by navigating to /home/snap and then you can remove it with:

sudo snap rm -r <package_folder_name>

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