Can't find a program in either software centre or console, want to uninstall it (13.04)

Question

(13.04) I downloaded and installed a program from the internet (.bundle), but it crashes every time I try to run it.

I can't find it in the software centre
It doesn't have an "uninstall" option in the dash
sudo apt-get remove v + Tab doesn't list it
dpkg --list doesn't show it either

I need to uninstall it and try installing a different version, but how do I find it?

Search for uninstallation procedure of that bundle. For example, VMWare and Oracle have their own installation managers. — Danatela, Jul 16 '13 at 07:48
@Danatela You should post your comment as an answer since has fixed the problem. — Radu Rădeanu, Jul 16 '13 at 08:23
@Radu, I'm not sure if this would be helpful for others, because OP did not clarify the bundle's name. — Danatela, Jul 16 '13 at 08:27
@Danatela heck I would have expected to at least see HOW it was installed. Since that will also answer how to remove it. — Rinzwind, Jul 16 '13 at 08:30
OK, but I just missed the point. So I will try to improve my comment before posting it as an answer. Sorry for my paranoia. — Danatela, Jul 16 '13 at 10:13
I should have noted that I am still very new to Ubuntu. It didn't occur to me yet that there would be so many ways of installing/uninstalling stuff, I just assumed I was doing something wrong, so I never even thought to search for the specific programs uninstall method. — plaguedoctor, Jul 17 '13 at 02:06

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

OK, there is no bundle name provided, so I will be general. If you installed something from Internet using .bundle or .run package, you have to search in Internet the right way to remove that package. For example, VMWare and Oracle have their own installation managers.

Some common uninstallation procedures for famous packages:

NVidia drivers (in case you have installed it through `.run` package)

Here is the original answer. Just run sudo NVIDIA-Linux-XXX-YYY.ZZ.run --uninstall.

ATI drivers

Here is the original answer. Run sudo sh /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh.

Oracle Universal Installer

$ORACLE_HOME/oui/bin/runInstaller

Note that ORACLE_HOME must contain path to Oracle Home directory.

VMWare Workstation

Taken from there. Run vmware-installer --uninstall-product vmware-workstation.

Sources package

In package home directory, run sudo make uninstall.

But in most cases, it is better to search for the distribution-provided package or for package in PPA. The exclusion is Calibre, which recommends install itself using Python script. And it's uninstallation procedure is pretty simple:

sudo rm -rf /opt/calibre/*

Hope it helps.