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    Completely purging wine and all apps

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Amol, Apr 25, 2008.

  1. Amol

    Amol APH! NBR Reviewer

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    I installed Codeweaver's Xover and used it to install Steam, but the program didn't run really well. I was unable to send and receive messages from people on my Friends list. So I decided, okay fine I'll use Wine. Same problem. Wine-Doors, same problem. So I uninstalled it, and deleted the .wine directory. Even then, I see "AutoHotKey" and "Steam" still on my Applications menu, and I'm sure it's there somewhere. I want to start from scratch, and how do I go about it? I am guessing that AHK and Steam are remnants of Wine-Doors since I installed both of 'em using that. Any halpz?

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    You've rebooted and it still appeared on the menu? If it doesn't, right click the menu button, edit, and delete them.
     
    theZoid, Apr 25, 2008
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  3. Amol

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    Yeah, it was still there. It had its own menu, under "Wine",but after reboot Ubuntu stuffed it into a "Others" menu.
     
    Amol, Apr 25, 2008
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    If you did a complete removal, then all that's left is the menu entry lingering around....just delete it menu editor...it'll all be gone.
     
    theZoid, Apr 25, 2008
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    Yep..if everything has been deleted properly then just delete the menu entries. System --> Preferences --> Menu
     
    John B, Apr 25, 2008
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    I tried it, and it comes back after a reboot. I have a feeling that Wine-Doors wasn't purged. Any idea how I do it? I uninstalled it, but didn't purge it.

    I tried sudo aptitude purge wine-doors, but I don't know if that's enough.

    Maybe there are remnants of Codeweaver's Crossover too?
     
    Amol, Apr 25, 2008
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    Does sudo apt-get remove wine-doors work?
     
    John B, Apr 25, 2008
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    Yeah, that's how I removed wine-doors. It didn't remove the apps that it installed, and now I want the apps removed.
     
    Amol, Apr 25, 2008
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    removing wine/wine-doors won't remove steam, autohotkey, etc...unless they somehow fandangled their way in as a dependency. anyway, try:

    #aptitude remove steam (or apt-get remove steam)

    and so forth. after you removed the programs and if they still show up in your meu entries, right click on the popupmenu button, select properties, go to the section of the programs and remove the check next to their name. you can also,

    #updatedb
    #locate steam

    then remove the relevant files that were found.
     
    szandor, Apr 26, 2008
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