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Asked: 2015-06-15 16:25:22 +0800 CST

Trying to uninstall Bitwig from my computer with the .deb package missing

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I am trying to uninstall Bitwig from my computer and I'm not sure as to how. I currently do not have the .deb package and a sudo apt-get remove bitwig does not seem to be working. Bitwig is not on the Software Center either.

Thanks for your help!

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5 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Make sure you type it in as 

    sudo apt-get remove bitwig-studio

    It will uninstall after that. You're only giving it part of the name to look for. That's why it can't find it.

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  2. Either:

    A.) attempt to install Bitwig again from the repos or a .deb

    B.) run sudo dpkg --force --remove --purge bitwig

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  3. Simply search in the list of the installed packages:

    dpkg -l | grep -P '^ii\s+bitwig'

    And remove the packages with

    sudo apt-get remove <correct_package_name>

    No need to download the deb again.

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  4. So after downloading the .deb package, I had to open in it software center and then uninstall the program. I am certainly looking for more efficient ways of uninstalling a program if I have already lost the .deb package.

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  5. With respect to your command:

    @Maythux E: Unable to locate package bitwig

    This means that the package called bitwig is not installed in your system, and so you can't uninstall a package which is already not installed!!

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