I was trying to install “Wine” in Linux but I can’t seem to get it to work properly. So I had to uninstall it and start over from scratch. To uninstall an app in Linux using terminal, do the following. If you don’t know the official installed name of an app, do this first.
Open the terminal and type the following. Hit enter after.
dpkg –list
Note: There are two dashes before the word “list” but some font styles make it look like one. This will show you a list of installed apps.
Scroll down through the list or use the search option to find the app name that you seek. In my case, “Wine“.
Now you have two choices for commands. “Sudo” means your password will be requested:
sudo apt remove wine
This only uninstalls the app.
sudo apt purge wine
The “purge” command removes the app and any supporting files installed with the original.
If I can ever get wine to work, a future post. FYI: Wine allows you to run Windows programs on Linux.
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