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sedsiv
Asked: 2016-08-30 08:25:27 +0800 CST

Cannot remove package touchegg

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I would like to remove touchegg with

sudo apt-get purge touchegg

but the output says that nothing was uninstalled. When I check 

dpkg -l

touchegg is not listed among the packages so so far so good. But strangely when I call touchegg from the terminal it still runs.

touchegg

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Remember to reboot your computer after removal, the program could still be in memory. Then use:

    sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean

    And 

    sudo updatedb

    If this dont work, It could be possible that your program "touchegg" is in the /usr/bin , /bin folder or another included in the PATH. Try, after doing the above commands, to use:

    locate touchegg

    It will tell you where the program, or related files containing the same name are located.

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