How can I uninstall Foxit Reader from 16.04?

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I installed it using the .deb package from their website and I've turned the internet upside down looking for a way to do so and nothing works, terminal doesn't recognize 'foxitreader' and when I use dpkg to list all the programs, it is just not listed, or listed below another name. HELP!

Let me clarify that using Ubuntu Software to remove it is... well, useless. — EliT, Aug 25 '16 at 11:36
If i remember correctly, you install foxit reader from deb package. So removal would be via `dpkg --remove` . You will need to know package name for that. Use `dpkg --get-selections | grep foxit ` for that — Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy, Aug 25 '16 at 11:43
@Serg Sorry the terminal does nothing with that command, no message, nothing. Should I do something next or...? — EliT, Aug 25 '16 at 11:54
@MarkKirby I installed downloading a .deb package from their website — EliT, Aug 25 '16 at 11:54
Eh, somebody will probably figure this out. If not, I'll install foxit and just write and answer that goes through the steps of removing once i wake up. It's a bit late where i am. — Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy, Aug 25 '16 at 11:56
I don't get a .deb from there, it is a .run https://www.foxitsoftware.com/products/pdf-reader/ Youi need to run that again and choose uninstall. — Mark Kirby, Aug 25 '16 at 11:57
Although I'm not sure, but can you try `dpkg --get-selections *Foxit*`? — Sujeet Sinha, Aug 25 '16 at 11:58
@MarkKirby helped me figure it out, uninstalled. Thank you all. — EliT, Aug 25 '16 at 12:00
Uninstall does not remove Foxit file associations. And for some reason Foxit tries to open everything (even though it is uninstalled). — Coder Guy, Jan 23 '17 at 22:01

score 74 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 13 '20 at 09:52

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The installer tells you where the file was installed in. For me it was ~/opt/foxitsoftware/foxitreader. In that directory is "maintenancetool.sh", running it will give you a gui for uninstalling.

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Can you add some detail here? What folder was it installed in? – Mark Kirby Aug 25 '16 at 12:03
Done @MarkKirby – EliT Aug 25 '16 at 12:05
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Wait, `home/user/opt` ? Should that not be just `/opt`? – Mark Kirby Aug 25 '16 at 12:07
That's what it showed. – EliT Aug 25 '16 at 12:18
I guess the installer made that directory then. – Mark Kirby Aug 25 '16 at 12:19
Works on 20.04 as well. – Haris Osmanagić Oct 13 '22 at 10:27

score 26 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 21 '17 at 06:38

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The foxit reader program is installed manually. To uninstall, go to ~/opt/foxitsoftware/foxitreader and then run ./maintenancetool file and click uninstall.

answered Mar 21 '17 at 06:38

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Right solution for Ubuntu 18.04, tested! – Anh-Thi DINH Aug 03 '18 at 10:47
Tested in Ubuntu 20.04, OK. – jhuamanchumo Feb 23 '21 at 16:17

Pritesh Gohil · Answer 3 · 2020-12-14T17:44:03.650

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I was facing the same issue while uninstalling Foxit reader in my ubuntu 16.04. Then I did the following steps,

cd ~/opt/foxitsoftware/foxitreader/
sudo ./maintenancetool.sh

if I write ./maintanacetool.sh and try to uninstall, it was giving permission error so with sudo it worked fine.

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score 5 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 27 '17 at 14:04

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I tried every method I saw, but none did the job. The ./maintenancetool didn't do the trick. Also the ./uninstaller was worthless.

So I used:

rm -R /opt/foxitsoftware

I'm not sure whether this could have negative consequences though.

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 23 '20 at 06:48

Goto foxit installed directory and open uninstall.desktop in that directory using a texteditor
see the exec= Example(for me):- exec = /home/hiren/opt/foxitsoftware/foxitreader/maintenancetool.sh %F
Run the exec ="This " in the terminal Example(for me):- sudo /home/hiren/opt/foxitsoftware/foxitreader/maintenancetool.sh %F

Ubuntu version - 19.10

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 14 '19 at 00:39

This is how I uninstalled it:

Copy this > ./maintenancetool

Go to /home/opt/foxitsoftware

Right click at some empty space and "open in terminal"

Paste ./maintenancetool and click Enter. It will open a GUI which will help you remove the folder which you would've removed by simply selecting 'opt' folder and clicking the delete button.

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 25 '16 at 12:04

The download is not for a .deb file, it is a .run file.

The .run file is not installed via dpkg, it is a custom installer.

The way to remove it is, run the .run file again and find the directory where it was installed.

In this folder you will find an uninstall file, run this to remove Foxit.

How can I uninstall Foxit Reader from 16.04?

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