[SOLVED] General uninstalling

Hi everybody, how are you?

I have some general "uninstalling" questions.

Is there any difference between removing Skype via terminal versus removing Skype via Software Center? Does a certain method remove all files more than another method?

Also, removing via the terminal, I noticed a line stating something like "use sudo apt-get autoremove". What is that code going to do?

Hi,

for a full list of "apt" commands:

http://linux.die.net/man/8/apt-get

To remove an unwanted app, simply type the name of the unwanted app at the end of this terminal command:

Code:

sudo apt-get remove

As an example, choose the app "Qmail":

Code:

sudo apt-get remove qmail

The above will only remove the main body of the app but not its dependencies in case there are other packages relying on those dependencies!!.

This can also be done via Synaptic by opening Synaptic and typing the name of the app in search and right click it and mark it for complete removal!.

See also:

http://superuser.com/questions/428033/w ... e-in-linux

Regards Wolfman

Great, thanks

Hi,

have marked as solved.

Regards Wolfman