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Full Removal of Programs

Asked by Piemasterzim

Hello there,

I'm trying to figure a way to completely remove a program (for re-hash, cuz I'm dumb) off the software center, but I can't seem to do so. I know it just keeps the files it needs and calls it removed, but things like the indexing of wine is still in my applications tab in the panel, so I know it hasn't uninstalled completely. I have games that didn't work in wine, and now they're permanently under the "wine" tab of that panel. I even uninstalled them already through wine, but now it's time to do the after-clean. I have removed wine, now how do I go about removing all the related files for a complete re-install of it? I know it hasn't gotten rid of all the files/folders, as found through searching my file system. However, some of the files and folders are locked, and I don't want to sudo them in case the sofware center needs those files.

So I guess what I'm actually asking, is how to completely (and safely) remove programs, and still be able to re-install them completely (not just from indexed and shrunk files).

I think that when I say "remove" a program from the software center, it should completely remove all data applicable to that program, unless it's required to run the system, but it doesn't. Even windows does! lol.

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Piemasterzim (mikemurray1) said : 		#1

Oh, and I'm on Ubuntu 9.10 desktop. :)

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Ryan Dwyer (ryandwyer) said : 		#2

Yeah, by default Ubuntu keeps the program's configuration (Wine's programs in this case). If you want to remove the configuration as well you can do that in System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager. Find wine, then right click it and choose completely remove. You might need to install it again before you can completely remove it.

You can also manually remove entries from the Applications menu (in System > Preferences > Main Menu), but of course that doesn't remove the data itself.

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GREG T. (ubuntuer) said : 		#3

 i found this to be helpful ;;;; http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=140920 and not hard to .. just copy and paste in search window .

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Best Vikram Dhillon (dhillon-v10) said : 		#4

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Now there's still some residual config left on your computer, go to
synaptic -> status on the side bar -> not installed (residual config)
then remove that

Vikram Dhillon

On 12/24/2009 06:38 PM, Piemasterzim wrote:
> New question #95120 on software-center in ubuntu:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+question/95120
>
> Hello there,
>
> I'm trying to figure a way to completely remove a program (for re-hash, cuz I'm dumb) off the software center, but I can't seem to do so. I know it just keeps the files it needs and calls it removed, but things like the indexing of wine is still in my applications tab in the panel, so I know it hasn't uninstalled completely. I have games that didn't work in wine, and now they're permanently under the "wine" tab of that panel. I even uninstalled them already through wine, but now it's time to do the after-clean. I have removed wine, now how do I go about removing all the related files for a complete re-install of it? I know it hasn't gotten rid of all the files/folders, as found through searching my file system. However, some of the files and folders are locked, and I don't want to sudo them in case the sofware center needs those files.
>
> So I guess what I'm actually asking, is how to completely (and safely) remove programs, and still be able to re-install them completely (not just from indexed and shrunk files).
>
> I think that when I say "remove" a program from the software center, it should completely remove all data applicable to that program, unless it's required to run the system, but it doesn't. Even windows does! lol.
>
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Piemasterzim (mikemurray1) said : 		#5

Thanks Vikram Dhillon, that solved my question.