Using apt to remove many packages by mask

Asked Jan 14 '21 at 19:26

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I'm new in linux. Trying to remove libreoffice from by xubuntu 20.04. Libreoffice was installed with xubuntu. I execute many variants:

sudo apt remove 'libreoffice\*'
sudo apt remove 'libreoffice*'
sudo apt remove 'libreoffice.*'

In all cases I got error:

E: Unable to locate package libreoffice.*  <result depends on input>

What I tried:

but next solution shows how use apt-get instead of apt.

My questions are:

edited Jan 14 '21 at 19:47

asked Jan 14 '21 at 19:26

Argamidon

Depends upon how you installed LibreOffice, which you have not mentioned in your question. Please do so. – user535733 Jan 14 '21 at 19:38
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Does this answer your question? Problem using wildcard with apt and How to uninstall LibreOffice? – Kulfy Jan 14 '21 at 19:38
@user535733 I did not instelled libreoffice. This was installed with xubuntu – Argamidon Jan 14 '21 at 19:44
That's critical information, and needs to be in your question above! – user535733 Jan 14 '21 at 19:46

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