How do you uninstall programs in Linux?

Answer 1

First, open terminal (bash prompt).

You must be login as root user to run any one of the following command.

Remove Software under Red Hat / RHEL / Fedora / CentOS Linux

Use rpm or yum command to delete the software.

To list the installed software type

rpm -qa | less

rpm -qa {software-name}

yum list | less

yum list {software-name}

To get information about httpd package, enter:

rpm -qa httpd

yum list httpd

To remove a software use rpm or yum command as follows

rpm -e {software-name}

yum remove {software-name}

To delete a package called httpd, enter:

rpm -e httpd

yum remove httpd

Delete / Uninstall Software Under Debian / Ubuntu Linux

To list installed software type:

dpkg --list

dpkg --list | less

dpkg --list | grep apache

To delete the software, enter:

sudo apt-get remove {package-name}

sudo apt-get remove apache

Answer 2

Depends on the package manager:

apt-get remove packagename --> Debian & derivatives

pacman -R packagename --> Arch & derivatives

zypper remove packagename --> openSUSE & derivatives

emerge -C packagename --> Gentoo & derivatives

yum remove packagename --> Fedora & derivatives

Answer 3

In Ubuntu, type at the command prompt: sudo apt-get install

To remove a program, type: sudo apt-get --purge remove