Removing a deb package installed from thirdparty
New to Linux and Xubuntu, I have recently installed Xubuntu 14.04 64 bit and so far I have been installing/uninstalling apps from the Ubunutu software center.
Recently I have installed google chrome since it was not available in the software center I downloaded from google's website.
It downloaded following file
google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
When I double clicked to install it, it has opened the software center app and showing the page for chrome and an install button which I clicked to install it successfully.
I later on deleted the .deb file, now I want to remove the chrome from Xubuntu but When I open the Ubuntu software center and tap the installed button it shows all other apps but not the google chrome that I installed.
SO my question is how to remove any such app that I install using the downloaded .deb file from elsewhere and in this case chrome ?
You can remove any software installed via a .deb packages with the apt-get remove
command
First open a terminal session with Ctrl+Alt+T and type in:
sudo apt-get remove google-chrome-stable
This should remove the package from your system.
Additionally, to see a list of locally installed and obsolete packages either run the command
sudo apt-get install aptitude
aptitude search '~o'
or install Synaptic
with sudo apt-get install synaptic
and click on the Status
button on the left panel and select Installed (local or obsolete)
. See screen capture below for reference.
Both options will show you the list of all .deb installed packages.
Software center version of the answer:
In the software center go to Installed and at this Installed button there is an arrow showing options - Tick the Unknown - there is a list of application you installed from outer places.