On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 02:23, paragasu <parag...@gmail.com> wrote: > i download a deb package somewhere, it is for ubuntu. out of curiosity > i installed this package on my debian lenny. It doesn't work well, and > i want to remove it from my system. > > how to do it? > > > thanks > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > >
dpkg -P <package-name> For example, if you dpkg -i ~/download/aa_x.y.z_i386.deb "dpkg -P aa" will remove everything installed by the deb package note the command is not dpkg -P ~/download/aa_x.y.z_i386.deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org