Hello I want to remove software (for example transmission) using Terminal. How can i find the package name for the software ?
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Do you know about the auto-complete feature in apt-get? If you enter 'apt-get remove tra', and then press tab twice, it will show all the packages starting with tra. – sashoalm Mar 27 '11 at 18:36
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auto-complete doesn't work for me 10.10 – vrcmr Mar 27 '11 at 23:39
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Are you sure? Have you tried with other package names, but ones you know are installed? – sashoalm Mar 28 '11 at 06:02
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search for it using
apt-cache search name
like
apt-cache search transmission
gives:
conkytransmission - Transmission torrent info, for use in Conky
transgui - Remote GUI for Transmission daemon
transmission - lightweight BitTorrent client
transmission-cli - lightweight BitTorrent client (command line interface)
transmission-common - lightweight BitTorrent client (common files)
transmission-daemon - lightweight BitTorrent client (daemon)
transmission-gtk - lightweight BitTorrent client (GTK interface)
transmission-qt - lightweight BitTorrent client (Qt interface)
at the last (the most relevant results will be at the last since it is the terminal)
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1My question was: How can I find the PACKAGE NAME of an application for further removing it by typing its name in terminal? – vrcmr Mar 27 '11 at 13:48
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2You can also try dpkg -l|grep -i transmission to locate package names associated with it. – Jamess Mar 27 '11 at 14:19
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but alfalive is asking how to find the package name so software can be installed. – Lincity Mar 27 '11 at 15:46
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2This is CRAZY!!! to many editors. Are you able to look into edit history? I should ask question and make screenshot of it. And then upload it here:) The original question was a little bit different. – vrcmr Mar 27 '11 at 23:37
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To query installed packages we can use powerful search functions from DPKG package management:
dpkg-query --list 'pattern*'lists all packages that have not been purgeddpkg-query --search 'pattern*'searches for individual files installed
You can use wildcards in the search pattern to find packages when only part of the package name is known.
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If you're trying to remove a package
apt search transmission | grep installed
will only display installed packages
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4Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! I recommend to [edit] this answer to expand it with specific details about what this command does. A plain command or command sequence is rarely considered an answer. (See also How do I write a good answer? for general advice about what sorts of answers are considered most valuable on Ask Ubuntu.) – David Foerster Oct 17 '17 at 07:40
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Best answer, replace transmission with something of the name of your app and wuolah – newalvaro9 Jun 26 '23 at 00:22