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I would like to remove touchegg with

sudo apt-get purge touchegg

but the output says that nothing was uninstalled. When I check 

dpkg -l

touchegg is not listed among the packages so so far so good. But strangely when I call touchegg from the terminal it still runs.

sedsiv
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Remember to reboot your computer after removal, the program could still be in memory. Then use:

sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean

And 

sudo updatedb

If this dont work, It could be possible that your program "touchegg" is in the /usr/bin , /bin folder or another included in the PATH. Try, after doing the above commands, to use:

locate touchegg

It will tell you where the program, or related files containing the same name are located.

GTRONICK
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  • You should explain that it might still run after purging because it's still in RAM. Good answer though. – TheWanderer Aug 29 '16 at 16:30
  • Oh, thats true, thanks for the suggestion. Should I put that in the answer, or leave it in your comment? Thanks! – GTRONICK Aug 29 '16 at 16:32
  • Thanks! The first steps didn't yield the desired results, so after locating it I found it in several locations on the disk /usr/local/share and /home/$USER/touchegg/. Do I remove these manually? – sedsiv Aug 29 '16 at 16:56
  • Well, that's very strange, try to use sudo apt-get remove touchegg first, then repeat the procedure above. If this don't work, try to remove the files manually as you are asking. Regards – GTRONICK Aug 29 '16 at 17:01
  • Alright, removing the files manually did the job. Thanks! – sedsiv Aug 29 '16 at 17:29