Hello Linux Geeksters. In this article I will show you how to properly remove packages from the command line interface, in the correct way, on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian and other Debian based systems. I have chosen Libreoffice as an…
Hello Linux Geeksters. In this article I will show you how to properly remove packages from the command line interface, in the correct way, on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian and other Debian based systems. I have chosen Libreoffice as an…
First, I need to make sure that everybody knows the difference between apt-get remove and apt-get purge. apt-get remove <package> — will remove the binaries but will keep the files associated with the package. Also, the dependencies remain untouched. apt-get…
It is usefull to create a list of packages, to reinstall all of them easily, on a fresh new Linux box. I find it easier to save the package names in a file, separated one from another by space and…
In this article I will show you 4 ways to verify if a package is installed or not, in Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Knoppix and other Debian Based distros. 1. With aptitute: $ aptitude show vim | grep -i state…