How do I uninstall Lightworks?

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This is what I have tried so far:

$ sudo apt-cache search lightworks  
lightworks - Hollywood-strength editing for everyone  
$ sudo apt-get --purge remove "lightworks - Hollywood-strength editing for everyone"  
Reading package lists... Done  
Building dependency tree         
Reading state information... Done  
E: Unable to locate package lightworks - Hollywood-strength editing for everyone

Ubuntu Software Center can't find lightworks.

how did you install lightworks.? – Avinash Raj Dec 31 '13 at 04:54 — Avinash Raj, Dec 31 '13 at 04:54

score 4 · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-31T05:06:54.240

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Syntax for removing a package with its configurations is:

sudo apt-get purge [Package name]

Or

sudo apt-get --purge autoremove [Package name]

So run :

sudo apt-get purge lightworks

Or

sudo apt-get --purge autoremove lightworks

The section, Hollywood-strength editing for everyone is a description about software. Not the package name.

edited Dec 31 '13 at 05:06

answered Dec 31 '13 at 05:01

it worked now. the "sudo apt-get purge lightworks" worked. i hope nothing else got effected. – Alex Dec 31 '13 at 05:31

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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I think you manually installed lightworks from .deb file.

How to uninstall a .deb package?

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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answered Dec 31 '13 at 05:17

Avinash Raj

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How do I uninstall Lightworks?

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