Remove other operating systems, as in dual-booting.
Questions tagged [removing]
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Is there a usage count for packages or programs?
Motivation:
I want to remove applications I do not use to speed up my package processing tasks like dist upgrades, regular updates, but also for saving disk space and other reasons. I know this is a complex topic so first I will ask my question and…
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How to remove system locales
How to remove system locales, as oppose to package locales as asked in How to remove unnecessary locales??
I'm getting the following errors recently:
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
The only en locale I have…
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How to remove or uninstall a Unity scope
I intalled the Unity Photo Lens using this commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:scopes-packagers/ppa && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install unity-lens-photo unity-scope-flickr unity-scope-shotwell
And then downloading and executing a deb…
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How to purge okular?
I have ubuntu 20.10, 64 bit.
In Menu, there are 2 instances of Okular.
I can use it but cannot remove via Terminal.
igor@igor-System-Product-Name:~$ sudo apt remove okular
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state…
user1041353
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How do I remove Arduino completely?
I have tried remove Arduino on Ubuntu 16.04 but apt doesn't remove it.
These are the commands that I've tried:
sudo apt-get remove arduino
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove arduino
sudo apt-get purge arduino
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove…
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Why apt-get purge wants to install packages while I use --no-download and --no-install-recommends?
I am using Debian but I think this can be easily posted here.
I have already uninstalled openoffice packages from my Debian machine but somehow apt-get put abiword in his place. Now I would like to get rid of it as well but when I try to apt-get…
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How to move windows files to ubuntu without dual booting?
I'm about to install ubuntu again after using windows for a couple of months and I was wondering if there was way to move my files to ubuntu during installation, maybe dual booting, moving them, then removing windows but I'm not sure how that would…
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How do I remove the brontok virus that has infected my Ubuntu via Wine?
My laptop runs on Ubuntu and was recently infected with the brontok virus it managed to infect my Ubuntu - through my flash drive - because I have Wine installed. I had used the USB in an infected Windows computer belonging to someone I know. It…
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How can I remove jdownloader?
How can I remove jdownloader?
I installed it by the following process:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:jd-team/jdownloader
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install jdownloader
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Why did Ubuntu try to self-destruct?
I was using Ubuntu happily for some months (almost fully updated, latest AMD driver and everything). About a week ago I started trying to install some games that I bought on Humble Bundle that I downloaded at home and other PCs (my internet is a…
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Can not remove VirtualBox Guest Additions with "apt-get remove" command
I have tried to remove package with "remove" command, but there was not any request to delete it, even though something was found. I'm newbie, so maybe I made something wrong?
vic@vic-VirtualBox:~$ sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-guest*
Reading…
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Windows XP Dual boot removal
I've had Ubuntu dual booted with Windows XP for awhile now and I think it's time to get rid of windows. How do I do this correctly so I don't mess up my hard drive?
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Removing Texlive From Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Installed using terminal, apt-get)
I am using TexLive 2015 and I would like to move on to 2016 or even better 2017. I read on internet that uninstalling and doing a fresh install is a better idea than upgrading TexLive, is it true?
Anyways I started looking for the ways to see how I…
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I am installing Ubuntu for the first time, i want it to be my main OS
So i have Windows 8.1 or something like that right now but it's a dirty version since i once have sent it to a friend to repair it for me, but this is not the reason why i want to switch, i do it because i was advised by some colleagues.
Not being a…
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