How to hide one particular software from appearing in the Software Center & Dash

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You may think that dosn't matter, but I realy want to use Ubuntu 12.04 without this program, Pornview, in Software center for personal reasons.

Thus my question is, how do I hide a particular piece of software from appearing in Software Center and the Dash?

fyi this might be a start: http://askubuntu.com/questions/47997/is-it-possible-to-remove-the-commercial-programs-section-from-the-software-cente It is about removing apps from view in USC you need to pay for. Maybe someone with more coding skills can add in a line or 2 :) — Rinzwind, May 03 '12 at 18:55

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 03 '12 at 18:55

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Press Alt+Ctrl+T to open the terminal and run the following command.

sudo apt-get remove Pornview

edited May 03 '12 at 18:55

Basharat Sialvi

answered May 03 '12 at 18:42

Web-E

I am not sure, but probably the OP wants the application not to show up in Ubuntu Software Center... – Rafał Cieślak May 03 '12 at 18:44
Sorry, but I don't install this. But seems it all ways appear in Recommended programs. Thank. – Right May 03 '12 at 18:48
rafalcieslak! You right! – Right May 03 '12 at 18:49

Jjed · Answer 2 · 2012-05-04T04:49:48.280

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There is no graphical means to achieve this. Given an application with the package name foobar, open a terminal with Ctl-Alt-T and type:

sudo rm /usr/share/app-install/desktop/foobar*.desktop
sudo update-apt-xapian-index

Then log out, and log in again.

edited May 04 '12 at 04:49

answered May 03 '12 at 19:09

Jjed

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