Like, in Windows, in Control Panel, we have Uninstall a Program option, is there anyway I can uninstall a program on Ubuntu? I have installed some programs previously, I do not remember the version and command line i wrote in terminal (because after that, I have used many commands) etc. I searched for a solution on web, and mostly I got an answer, to use Ubuntu software centers. But I do not see many of the softwares I had installed. (For eg. Android Studio, QT. etc) I wish to have a GUI where I can uninstall such programs. Is it possible?
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To see the commands that you have previously typed at the command line, type;
history
To search your history for commands that installed a program;
history | grep install
(Your history is not infinite, so it depends how long ago you installed the programs if it is still in your history)
To uninstall a program from the command line type;
sudo apt-get remove <program>
If you also want to remove any associated config;
sudo apt-get purge <program>
I don't use the software centre, but it should simply be a matter of highlighting the program you installed and clicking uninstall (or delete).
I do use synaptic. It's a package manager GUI, without the bells and whistles of software centre. You install it with;
sudo apt-get install synaptic
This GUI lists all available packages and allows you to manipulate them as you see fit. (Install, remove, upgrade etc). You can sort the columns, so in your case you would sort by what's installed.
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On the terminal type apt list --installed or dpkg --list to list all installed softwares in form of package names.
The use sudo apt-get purge <package-name> to completely remove the package you want.
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sudo apt remove --purge package_namefor all such packages and when done dosudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade– George Udosen Dec 27 '16 at 15:11./configureandmakeandsudo make install. Does this sound familiar? – heynnema Dec 27 '16 at 16:31