How to Unistall Software (or) Programs in Ubuntu Using the Terminal


If you want to uninstall the installed programs using Terminal follow these steps

  1. Open the terminal using ctrl + alt + t
  2. Browse your installed programs by entering the command dpkg --list and note down the name of package you desired to uninstall
                                    (or)

          dpkg --list to check if the package has the same as the program name

       3. a) Uninstall the package (or) program only use the command sudo apt-get remove  
           Eg:
sudo apt-get remove yelp
             
           b)To uninstall the program along with its configuration files use the command sudo apt-get --purge remove
            Eg: sudo apt-get --purge remove yelp

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