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The Linux Mint operating system offers thousands of different programs and applications. But what happens when you want to uninstall one? Here's how to do it!
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Click Menu. Go to the applications you want to remove. Right click on the unwanted software and select Uninstall.
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Type your password and press Authenticate when asked.Advertisement
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Look for the message that says, "the following packages will be removed." Click Remove.
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Wait for the programs to be removed. This can take some time. When the window disappears is the uninstalling ready and the software is removed.
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Open the Synaptic Package Manager. Click Menu and Package Manager; it will ask for your password.
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Type the name of software you want to uninstall in the Quick filter.
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Right-click on the package you want to uninstall and select “Mark for Removal”.
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Click Apply, to apply all marked changes.
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Check out the summary. This is the last opportunity to look trough the list of marked changes before they are applied. Click Apply.
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Wait for the software to be removed. The marked changes are now being applied.
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Close the window.
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Open Terminal with keyboard short-cut CTRL+ALT+T.
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Copy the following command: sudo apt-get remove frozen-bubble
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Hit enter and your password.
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Look at the Terminal window for lots of information!
- Example: The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required.
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Use ‘apt-get autoremove’ to remove them. The command “autoremove” is the most effective. To continue type Y and hit Enter.
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QuestionHow do I Install LibreOffice?SomoneCommunity AnswerLibreoffice comes pre-installed on most Linux operating systems. To install It, you can search for it in the software manager.
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