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vrcmr
Asked: 2011-03-28 04:14:35 +0800 CST

How can I remove all default installed games?

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I want to remove all the games that are installed by default.

How can I do it all at once?

uninstall

6 Answers

  1. I received a "Virtual packages like 'gnome-games-common' can't be removed" whenever I tried Reda Lazri's solution on 12.04 LTS; ended up using:

    sudo apt-get purge aisleriot gnome-sudoku mahjongg ace-of-penguins gnomine gbrainy
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  2. For Ubuntu 16.10 the following command should remove all default games:

    sudo apt remove aisleriot gnome-mahjongg gnome-mines gnome-sudoku
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  3. Best Answer

    Open a terminal and type:

    sudo apt-get purge gnome-games-common gbrainy && sudo apt-get autoremove
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  4. install synaptic package manager

    sudo apt-get install synaptic
synaptic

    Choose menu item .. Settings > filters In the lower left of the window click "New". Enter a name at the top left. On the right side click "Deselect All", then click "Installed" to check only that box. Now click on the Section tab and select the "Include selected sections only" radio button. In the list above ctrl+click to include the following from the list: games, multiuniverse/games, universe/games. Press OK to exit the window and save your filter.

    Click Custom Filters at the lower left and you should have a new entry with the name you choose in the list above. Click that to see a list of all games that are installed. On the right top pane click the button in the first column then click "mark for removal". Mark for complete removal to also remove any settings. Finally, use the √ along the top of the interface to apply the removal.

    • see synaptic menu .. Help[F1] > Custom Filters
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  5. try below commands in terminal:

    sudo apt-get purge aisleriot gnome-sudoku mahjongg ace-of-penguins gnomine gbrainy

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove gnome-mahjongg

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove gnome-mines
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  6. I used the following line to remove all pre-installed games in Debian 9.9 (with gnome 3):

    sudo apt purge aisleriot gnome-sudoku mahjongg ace-of-penguins gnomine gbrainy gnome-sushi gnome-taquin gnome-tetravex  gnome-robots gnome-chess lightsoff swell-foop quadrapassel && sudo apt autoremove
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