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How to uninstall avast. I am not able to obtain a license to open it. their license server might be broken.

Asked by Bruce W. Harris

I downloaded avasti antivirus software and installed it. The program requires a license to try it out, and when I attempt to get
the license, the license server does not reply. This makes the program useless.

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Best Soul-Sing (soulzing) said : 		#1

sudo dpkg -r avast4workstation
or
sudo dpkg -r avast4workstation_1.0.6-2_i386.deb
or
sudo apt-get remove --purge avast4workstation

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Bruce W. Harris (bruce-bonnie) said : 		#2

bdub@bdub-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg -r avast4workstation_1.0.6-2_i386.deb
[sudo] password for bdub:
dpkg: you must specify packages by their own names, not by quoting the names of the files they come in

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
Type dpkg --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL) [*].

Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' !
bdub@bdub-desktop:~$

thank you for your reply, however, above you will find the answer to my entry in Ubuntu 9.1. I do not know how to complete
the removal. Can you give me further advice?

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Bruce W. Harris (bruce-bonnie) said : 		#3

Thanks leoquant, that solved my question.