How do you uninstall wine 1.5?

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I installed Wine through the terminal using these commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install wine1.5

I know that I've removed at least part of wine. I removed the .wine folder in my home folder and I managed to remove the repository via this command:

sudo apt-add-repository --remove ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa

Now when I try to install wine 1.4 via Ubuntu software center, it tells me I must remove these items to install wine:

Microsoft windows compatibility layer (binary emulator and library) wine1.5

Microsoft windows compatibility layer (64-bit support) wine1.5-amd64

Microsoft windows compatibility layer (32-bit support) wine1.5-i386:i386

I've already tried this command:

sudo apt-get --purge remove wine

but it said that wine wasn't installed. Some assistance would be appreciated.

CAREFUL with that first answer " (Use this command:sudo apt-get purge wine backslash *) " It has erased most of my system files forcing me to backup my documents and reinstall Ubuntu... I Wish I had read the other users' warnings before doing something like that. — , Jun 22 '13 at 14:02
As @user169362 says, proposed solutions that have * in a package name are usually wrong and dangerous, even if it is quoted or preceded by \. See Why does apt removes unwanted packages when giving * as suffix? and How to fix Ubuntu after accidentally uninstalling many packages? — Eliah Kagan, Aug 23 '17 at 19:46

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 24 '12 at 21:34

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You can use a the ppa-purge utility to remove any packages installed by a ppa and downgrade any packages that were upgraded by the ppa.

$ sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
$ sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa

answered Aug 24 '12 at 21:34

dusktreader

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That's should be marked as answer, because it will remove everything including wine ppa. So you can start from scratch, – Alexander Kim Jan 11 '15 at 07:18

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 13 '12 at 04:17

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I had the same problem and can't believe I didn't think of this faster. Use the following:

$ sudo apt-add-repository --remove ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
$ sudo apt-get --purge remove wine1.5

Just add the 1.5 and the end of wine =) worked for me.

answered Nov 13 '12 at 04:17

Patrick Pacheco

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 11 '13 at 22:34

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Just do:

sudo apt-get remove wine1.5

edited Apr 11 '13 at 22:34

Eric Carvalho

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answered Apr 11 '13 at 22:13

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How do you uninstall wine 1.5?

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