How Can I COMPLETELY Remove Sound Juicer & Brasero ?

Did you try to reinstall it using synaptic?
There shouldn't be a problem that bad though.
Did you try to give it a little extra time to load the program?

Please try to reinstall them, purging settings:

Open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get --purge --reinstall install brasero sound-juicer

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Hope this helps

marcobra, this is what I get when I purge brasero and reinstall it via your instructions:

x@xx:~$ brasero

(brasero:14095): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme directory 48x48/mimetypes of theme Snow-Apple has no size field

Segmentation fault
x@xx:~$

What should I do now?

It seems related to "Snow-Apple" gnome Theme...
Can you switch to another theme and try to launch Brasero.
System->Preferences->Appeareance...

Hope this helps

marcobra, I switched to the default Gnome theme and I get the following error:

x@xx:~$ brasero
Segmentation fault

I don't understand this at all. What do you think is causing this? If you see there's no solution to this, can you recommend me some substitute programs for brasero and sound juicer?

Your issue with brasero seems like this: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/how-can-i-completely-remove-sound-juicer-and-brasero-663047/?s=78f344cc22c7c7033e1bbdd5271ff3c4

Please report a bug about this issue https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug

Then i suggest you to install k3b, kde based, to burn your cd.

sudo aptitude install k3b

Hope this helps

And for soundjuicer i suggest you: amarok

sudo aptitude install amarok

marcobra, thanks for the recommendation of k3b. I got 2 problems with the program though. I did something to hide the menus from view. And I don't know how to unhide them again. I did everything but they don't show up. I even tried to purge the godamn program in terminal through: sudo apt-get --purge remove k3b. Then I installed it again, and I get the same view settings as when I messed it up.

Also, when I tried to rip a CD (before I messed up the view settings) to mp3s, I was given an error message that said, "no cddb emtry found."

I don't know what the hell is going on here.

I think you have some kind of user settings issues with your actual user.
I think you can try to add a new user from System->adm->Users and groups.
Login with this new user and please try all things from this new user.

Hope this helps.

marcobra, i dont know how but, on applications on my ubuntu menu, i see 'other' (between 'office' and 'sound & video') which has a bunch of stuff, like, browser info, cgi scripts, KDE performance, etc. how do I remove this folder from my system and menu? i think this was installed when i had installed k3b. but, i never was asked to install this. i don't understand this.

crap like this makes me so damn eager for uninstalling ubuntu and installing xp. i kinda miss it.

ok macobra, i finally got k3b fixed. al i had to do was install lame (encoder) and that was it. forget about my prior message - obviously. thanks for all your help, my man!

marcobra, even though i solved this issue concerning k3b, i still have this problem with the 'other' folder on my menu. its (between 'office' and 'sound & video') and has a bunch of stuff, like, browser info, cgi scripts, KDE performance, etc. how do I remove this folder from my system and menu? i think this was installed when i had installed k3b. but, i never was asked to install this.

please let me know. thanks.

to remove the files in your 'Other' folder, you can force remove them. (i would try making sure the files are not dependencies for any applications you have installed, though, so that you do not delete a file you might need---or want---later.) with that caution said, to force remove a file, first locate the file(s) you want removed from your system folder (you can use the locate command [locate filename] for this, but you can probably find the files in your /usr/share/applications folder where you will see icons representing desktop configuration files). once you know you have located the correct file to remove, go to Terminal and type:

sudo rm -f filenamehere

double-check the original folder containing the unwanted/force removed file to see that it is deleted.

here's another option that might feel a bit safer after more time/experience with Linux:
change your Menu Preferences so that the files in your Other folder do not show. to accomplish this, go to:

     System -> Preferences -> Main Menu
          Applications -> Other

within the Other submenu, deselect the folder contents you do not want to see and close.

(as a side note, if you would really prefer to delete the files entirely right now---rather than after more time with Linux---you can always test that you are force removing the correct file by creating a backup copy of the file you want to remove, force delete it, and check your work.)

ani, thanks for the reply. What you suggest is very risky. For example, the app called 'behavior' is included in the kde folder that I want removed. Here's the output in terminal from code: 'locate behavior'. I really don't know which app to remove safely that pertains to kde without potentially messing up a part of my system. What do you suggest at this point?

x@xx:~$ locate behavior
/usr/share/applications/kde/desktopbehavior.desktop
/usr/share/applications/kde/khtml_behavior.desktop
/usr/share/applnk/.hidden/filebehavior.desktop
/usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/kcontrol/desktopbehavior
/usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/kcontrol/desktopbehavior/common
/usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/kcontrol/desktopbehavior/index.cache.bz2
/usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/kcontrol/desktopbehavior/index.docbook
/usr/share/gnome/help/control-center/C/config-behavior.xml
/usr/share/icons/HighContrastLargePrintInverse/48x48/apps/gnome-settings-ui-behavior.png
/usr/share/icons/Tangerine/16x16/apps/gnome-settings-ui-behavior.png
/usr/share/icons/Tangerine/22x22/apps/gnome-settings-ui-behavior.png
/usr/share/icons/Tangerine/24x24/apps/gnome-settings-ui-behavior.png
/usr/share/icons/Tangerine/32x32/apps/gnome-settings-ui-behavior.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/apps/gnome-settings-ui-behavior.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/22x22/apps/gnome-settings-ui-behavior.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/24x24/apps/gnome-settings-ui-behavior.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/apps/gnome-settings-ui-behavior.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/apps/gnome-settings-ui-behavior.svg

Why you don't simply ignore them are kde related applications.
Simply hide that menu

Go to System->Preferences->Main menu

Select the top row "Applications" go to the right and uncheck the "Other"
item and close.

Hope this helps

i think marcobra's right... hiding those files which you do not want is probably the best way to go...

marcobra and ani, I already hid the folder. But, I don't want to bog down my system with so much crap. I want to get rid of those apps. If you guys think it's not worth getting rid of them, then let me know..

I usually keep that kde app without any problem...
I never tried to uninstall them, they are dependency of previous packages: k3b and amarok.

Hope this helps

making sure your system is as efficient as possible can be a frustrating task, i know... so pardon my tediousness in this response. my goal is to share my thinking with you in effort to minimize current and future frustration! :-)

please correct me if i'm wrong, but i am seeing 2, seemingly related, problems that need to be solved:
1) completely removing sound juicer and brasero from your system
2) removing files that seem to be related to sound juicer and brasero from the 'other' folder in your applications menu

so, for the first problem, we need to find out which sound juicer and brasero files are still installed in your system that are also not dependencies. to find the status of sound juicer, in terminal type:

     dpkg-query -s "sound-juicer"

(i have copied and pasted all of my terminal commands and output at the end of this post, so that you do no need to sort through all of it at the moment.)

do the same for brasero:

    dpkg-query -s "brasero"

then compare the files listed as dependencies in your terminal output with those installed in your system. the locate command probably will be most helpful in terms of finding installed files.

to remove unwanted files that are not needed, use the remove command with sudo, as posted previously.

i will post an approach to solving problem 2 separately (because it is far less taxing and time consuming). in the meantime, here my terminal commands and output as promised:

ani@ani:~$ dpkg-query -s "sound-juicer"
Package: sound-juicer
Status: deinstall ok config-files
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Installed-Size: 4872
Maintainer: Ubuntu Desktop Team <email address hidden>
Architecture: i386
Version: 2.22.0-1ubuntu2
Config-Version: 2.22.0-1ubuntu2
Depends: gconf2 (>= 2.10.1-2), gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs, gstreamer0.10-plugins-base, gstreamer0.10-plugins-good, hal, libart-2.0-2 (>= 2.3.18), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0), libbonobo2-0 (>= 2.15.0), libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.15.1), libc6 (>= 2.4), libcairo2 (>= 1.5.18), libcdio7, libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.1.1), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.74), libexpat1 (>= 1.95.8), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.3.5), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1-21), libgconf2-4 (>= 2.13.5), libglade2-0 (>= 1:2.6.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libgnome-media0, libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3), libgnomecanvas2-0 (>= 2.11.1), libgnomeui-0 (>= 2.17.1), libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90), libgnomevfs2-extra, libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 (>= 0.10.3), libgstreamer0.10-0 (>= 0.10.14), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libhal1, libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), liblaunchpad-integration1 (>= 0.1.17), libmusicbrainz4c2a (>= 2.1.5), libnautilus-burn4, liborbit2 (>= 1:2.14.10), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.20.1), libpixman-1-0, libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), libpopt0 (>= 1.10), libsm6, libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1-21), libtag1c2a (>= 1.4), libx11-6, libxml2, libxrender1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-1)
Recommends: eject
Suggests: gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad, gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
Description: GNOME 2 CD Ripper
 A CD ripper for GNOME 2 which aims to have a simple, clean, easy to use
 interface.
Original-Maintainer: Ross Burton <email address hidden>
ani@ani:~$ dpkg-query -s "brasero"
Package: brasero
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Installed-Size: 5036
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <email address hidden>
Architecture: i386
Version: 0.7.1-3ubuntu1
Replaces: bonfire (<= 0.4.4-1)
Depends: gconf2 (>= 2.10.1-2), genisoimage, gstreamer0.10-plugins-base (>= 0.10.0), libart-2.0-2 (>= 2.3.18), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0), libbeagle1 (>= 0.3.0), libbonobo2-0 (>= 2.15.0), libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.15.1), libc6 (>= 2.7-1), libcairo2 (>= 1.5.14), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.1.1), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.74), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.3.5), libgconf2-4 (>= 2.13.5), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.14.0), libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3), libgnomecanvas2-0 (>= 2.11.1), libgnomeui-0 (>= 2.17.1), libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90), libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 (>= 0.10.0), libgstreamer0.10-0 (>= 0.10.6), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libhal1, libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libnautilus-burn4, libnotify1 (>= 0.4.4), libnotify1-gtk2.10, liborbit2 (>= 1:2.14.10), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0), libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.9.4-2), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), libpopt0 (>= 1.10), libsm6, libtotem-plparser10 (>= 2.21.92), libx11-6, libxcomposite1 (>= 1:0.3-1), libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2), libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1), libxext6, libxfixes3 (>= 1:4.0.1), libxi6, libxinerama1, libxml2 (>= 2.6.27), libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0), libxrender1, wodim, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-1)
Recommends: gnome-mount, gstreamer0.10-plugins-good, hal (>= 0.5)
Suggests: gnome-icon-theme, gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3
Conflicts: bonfire (<= 0.4.4-1)
Description: CD/DVD burning application for GNOME
 Easy to use CD/DVD burning application where you can:
  * Burn, Copy and Erase CD/DVD
  * On-the-fly burning of CD/DVD
  * Append data to multisession CD/DVD
  * Burn Audio CD
  * CD-Text writing for Audio CD
Original-Maintainer: Ondřej Surý <email address hidden>

now for solving problem 2, more specifically, removing files that seem to be related to sound juicer and brasero from the 'other' folder in your applications menu.

please note, i'm not sure that you will need to do this if you choose to try the dpkg-query command and related tasks (and vice versa).

also, by following the steps below, you are basically doing the same thing you did when hiding the unwanted items in your system preferences. nonetheless, here is one (more) way to remove the files that you do not want to see in your 'other' folder:

first, find your user menu configuration file (i'm not sure that's the formal name for the file, just fyi!). to find the file, go to terminal and type:

   locate $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/menus/applications.menu

this is my output:

/etc/xdg/menus/applications.menu
/home/ani/.config/menus/applications.menu
/home/ani/.config/menus/applications.menu.undo-10
/home/ani/.config/menus/applications.menu.undo-11
/home/ani/.config/menus/applications.menu.undo-12
/home/ani/.config/menus/applications.menu.undo-13

because we are interested in editing the 'other' folder in the menu of your user account, we are going to focus on the file, /home/ani/.config/menus/applications.menu (or, in your case, your username, not "ani").

so, to make sure we are looking at the right file, in terminal, remembering to type your exact file name (i.e., your username...) type:

    less /home/ani/.config/menus/applications.menu

here is some of my output:

<!DOCTYPE Menu
  PUBLIC '-//freedesktop//DTD Menu 1.0//EN'
  'http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/menu-1.0.dtd'>
<Menu>
        <Name>Applications</Name>
        <MergeFile type="parent">/etc/xdg/menus/applications.menu</MergeFile>
        <Menu>
                <Name>Accessories</Name>
                <Exclude>
                        <Filename>gnome-dictionary.desktop</Filename>
                </Exclude>
                <AppDir>/home/ani/.local/share/applications</AppDir>
                <Exclude>
                        <Filename>baobab.desktop</Filename>
                </Exclude>
                <Exclude>
                        <Filename>redhat-manage-print-jobs.desktop</Filename>
                </Exclude>
        </Menu>
        <Menu>
                <Name>Graphics</Name>
                <Exclude>
                        <Filename>xsane.desktop</Filename>

and here is more of my output where the 'other' folder is found:

 <Menu>
                <Name>Other</Name>
                <AppDir>/home/ani/.local/share/applications</AppDir>
                <Exclude>
                        <Filename>userapp-wine-5JGIEU.desktop</Filename>
                </Exclude>
                <Exclude>
                        <Filename>userapp-wine-IHUOFU.desktop</Filename>
                </Exclude>
                <Exclude>
                        <Filename>userapp-wine-auto-B1D4EU.desktop</Filename>
                </Exclude>
                <Exclude>
                        <Filename>wine.desktop</Filename>
                </Exclude>
                <Exclude>
                        <Filename>nautilus-autorun-software.desktop</Filename>
                </Exclude>
        </Menu>

to scroll up and down your output from the less command, you can use page up and page down.
to exit, hit q.

now you want to change the permissions allowed to edit your applications.menu file (so that you can make changes as the current user). to do that, in terminal, type (with your particular filename details):

    sudo chmod a+rw /home/ani/.config/menus/applications.menu

now we need to edit the applications.menu file. in terminal, type:

    sudo gedit /home/ani/.config/menus/applications.menu

a separate window will open with your applications.menu file in text editor. find:

    <Name>Other</Name>

and for each item you want removed from your 'other' folder, look for:

    <Include>
   <Filename>[name of file you want to remove from 'other' folder here]</Filename>
  </Include>

wherever it says <Include></Include>, replace 'Include' with 'Exclude'. then save your changes and close out of text edit.

restart your computer and log back in as the user with that edited applications.menu file. you should find the unwanted 'other' folder items are no longer visible.

i hope at least some of this is useful. you can always find out how much memory these unwanted files actually use and see if you can live with that...

now for solving problem 2, more specifically, removing files that seem to be related to sound juicer and brasero from the 'other' folder in your applications menu.

please note, i'm not sure that you will need to do this if you choose to try the dpkg-query command and related tasks (and vice versa).

also, by following the steps below, you are basically doing the same thing you did when hiding the unwanted items in your system preferences. nonetheless, here is one (more) way to remove the files that you do not want to see in your 'other' folder:

first, find your user menu configuration file (i'm not sure that's the formal name for the file, just fyi!). to find the file, go to terminal and type:

   locate $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/menus/applications.menu

this is my output:

/etc/xdg/menus/applications.menu
/home/ani/.config/menus/applications.menu
/home/ani/.config/menus/applications.menu.undo-10
/home/ani/.config/menus/applications.menu.undo-11
/home/ani/.config/menus/applications.menu.undo-12
/home/ani/.config/menus/applications.menu.undo-13

because we are interested in editing the 'other' folder in the menu of your user account, we are going to focus on the file, /home/ani/.config/menus/applications.menu (or, in your case, your username, not "ani").

so, to make sure we are looking at the right file, in terminal, remembering to type your exact file name (i.e., your username...) type:

    less /home/ani/.config/menus/applications.menu

here is some of my output:

<!DOCTYPE Menu
  PUBLIC '-//freedesktop//DTD Menu 1.0//EN'
  'http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/menu-1.0.dtd'>
<Menu>
        <Name>Applications</Name>
        <MergeFile type="parent">/etc/xdg/menus/applications.menu</MergeFile>
        <Menu>
                <Name>Accessories</Name>
                <Exclude>
                        <Filename>gnome-dictionary.desktop</Filename>
                </Exclude>
                <AppDir>/home/ani/.local/share/applications</AppDir>
                <Exclude>
                        <Filename>baobab.desktop</Filename>
                </Exclude>
                <Exclude>
                        <Filename>redhat-manage-print-jobs.desktop</Filename>
                </Exclude>
        </Menu>
        <Menu>
                <Name>Graphics</Name>
                <Exclude>
                        <Filename>xsane.desktop</Filename>

and here is more of my output where the 'other' folder is found:

 <Menu>
                <Name>Other</Name>
                <AppDir>/home/ani/.local/share/applications</AppDir>
                <Exclude>
                        <Filename>userapp-wine-5JGIEU.desktop</Filename>
                </Exclude>
                <Exclude>
                        <Filename>userapp-wine-IHUOFU.desktop</Filename>
                </Exclude>
                <Exclude>
                        <Filename>userapp-wine-auto-B1D4EU.desktop</Filename>
                </Exclude>
                <Exclude>
                        <Filename>wine.desktop</Filename>
                </Exclude>
                <Exclude>
                        <Filename>nautilus-autorun-software.desktop</Filename>
                </Exclude>
        </Menu>

to scroll up and down your output from the less command, you can use page up and page down.
to exit, hit q.

now you want to change the permissions allowed to edit your applications.menu file (so that you can make changes as the current user). to do that, in terminal, type (with your particular filename details):

    sudo chmod a+rw /home/ani/.config/menus/applications.menu

now we need to edit the applications.menu file. in terminal, type:

    sudo gedit /home/ani/.config/menus/applications.menu

a separate window will open with your applications.menu file in text editor. find:

    <Name>Other</Name>

and for each item you want removed from your 'other' folder, look for:

    <Include>
   <Filename>[name of file you want to remove from 'other' folder here]</Filename>
  </Include>

wherever it says <Include></Include>, replace 'Include' with 'Exclude'. then save your changes and close out of text edit.

restart your computer and log back in as the user with that edited applications.menu file. you should find the unwanted 'other' folder items are no longer visible.

i hope at least some of this is useful. you can always find out how much memory these unwanted files actually use and see if you can live with that...

p.s. not sure how the last answer was posting twice, though... sorry! :-)

Hi ani, thank you for your expanded explanation. As for removing files relating to brasero and sound juicer, you said to compare the files listed as dependencies in my terminal output with those installed in my system. Do you mean that I remove the files found in my terminal output that are also found in my system?

As for your 2nd reply concerning removing apps in my 'Other' folder, will your technique remove the apps themselves or just the entries in the menu? If only the entries will be removed, then, the apps will still remain in my computer. I want the apps removed forever and without affecting K3B. This is VERY important.

Please let me know. Thanks.

hi taurus, sorry for the confusion regarding removing files related to brasero and sound juicer. because you want to make sure K3B is not affected, and because we don't know if there are files used by brasero and/or sound juicer and/or K3B, we can cross-reference the files listed as dependencies in brasero and sound juicer with those in K3B. find out which files are needed by K3B, used by brasero and/or sound juicer, and installed in your system. similarly, by cross-referencing the files installed in your system for brasero and sound juicer with those NOT needed by K3B, we can get a sense of which brasero and sound juicer files are not necessary (possibly, which files can be removed from your system). chances are, the files listed in your menu that appear in your 'other' folder, are nothing more than desktop configuration files (if they are actual files at all). that said, they are probably not particularly important to K3B or any other application... besides, you can always reinstall a package if worse comes to worst... you know what i mean? as for whether or not editing your menu configuration actually removes files. no, i do not believe your files will actually be removed completely if they are excluded from your menu. however, if you do a command locate of the files listed in your menu configuration file, and if you find that your search yields a result of no actual file found, it's highly likely that there is no file corresponding with your menu listing. here's how you can test what i'm saying: unhide the items you do you want in your 'other' folder. go to your applications menu and click on an unwanted menu item. see if anything opens. if all you hear is a little whirring sound (or the like) from your computer, your computer probably has no file to open. does that make sense? your computer can't open a file that isn't there. and your menu shows what the text file/menu configuration file tells the menu to show. see what i mean?

ani, please take a look a this thread that I started. It's: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/42516

Do you think that the method the user recommeded is a good method?

Please let me know.

hi taurus,
it looks like the response solved your problem! fantastic! so, in response to your question, since the solution worked for you, i'm going to guess the method was effective! :-)
thank you for asking, and i'm so glad your problem as solved!
ani

i deleted the dependencies.