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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 | + | 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: |
| - | | + | sudo apt-get remove package1 package2 |
| - | 2. To remove a package with its configuration: | + | **2**. To remove a package with its configuration: |
| - | | + | sudo apt-get purge package1 |
| - | 3. To remove not needed dependencies, | + | **3**. To remove not needed dependencies, |
| - | | + | 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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| - | <WRAP center box 39%> | + | <WRAP center box 75%> |
| - | [[install_package|< | + | |[[install_package|< |
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