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Removing installed packages can be done via one of the two tools: **apt-get** or **dpkg**. | Removing installed packages can be done via one of the two tools: **apt-get** or **dpkg**. | ||
- | Every command has to be run with root privileges **su** or **sudo**. | + | Every command has to be run with super user privileges **sudo**. |
1. To remove an already installed package (packages), run: | 1. To remove an already installed package (packages), run: | ||
- | apt-get remove package1 package2 | + | sudo apt-get remove package1 package2 |
2. To remove a package with its configuration: | 2. To remove a package with its configuration: | ||
- | apt-get purge package1 | + | sudo apt-get purge package1 |
3. To remove not needed dependencies, after removing a package: | 3. To remove not needed dependencies, after removing a package: | ||
- | apt-get autoremove | + | sudo apt-get autoremove |
4. A package can be removed from the system via **dpkg** tool as well: | 4. A package can be removed from the system via **dpkg** tool as well: | ||
- | dpkg -r package1.deb | + | sudo dpkg -r package1.deb |
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