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Managing software (remove application) on an Ubuntu or any Linux server is crucial for maintaining a clean, efficient, and secure environment. This guide will walk you through the process of removing applications from your Ubuntu server using dpkg methods.
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Prerequisites to Remove Application
- Sudo or root privileges.
- Basic knowledge of command-line operations.
Method using dpkg
dpkg is the underlying package manager that apt-get uses. It’s useful for more advanced package management tasks.
- Remove Application
sudo dpkg -r <application_name>- Remove Configuration Files:
sudo dpkg --purge <application_name>More articles with similiar topic:
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- How to Remove Application from an Ubuntu Server using apt-get
