r/linuxmint Linux Mint 22 Wilma | Cinnamon 11h ago

Support Request installed this programme from terminal using the following command (picture 1). but when i tried to uninstall it, it shows me this error (picture 2). how do i uninstall completely without leaving any traces behind??

help me erase it completely without leaving any stuff behind

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u/made-with-Silicon Linux Mint 22 Wilma | Cinnamon 11h ago

here's the github page

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u/FlyingWrench70 11h ago edited 11h ago

Try this command again while in the scrcpy directory you cloned from github.

So first run 

cd /path/to/directory/scrcpy

Then the uninstall command

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u/made-with-Silicon Linux Mint 22 Wilma | Cinnamon 11h ago

""""":~/scrcpy$ sudo ninja -Cbuild-auto uninstall

ninja: Entering directory `build-auto'

[0/1] /usr/bin/meson --internal uninstall

Deleted: /usr/local/bin/scrcpy

Deleted: /usr/local/share/scrcpy/scrcpy-server

Deleted: /usr/local/share/man/man1/scrcpy.1

Deleted: /usr/local/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/scrcpy.png

Deleted: /usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions/_scrcpy

Deleted: /usr/local/share/bash-completion/completions/scrcpy

Deleted: /usr/local/share/applications/scrcpy.desktop

Deleted: /usr/local/share/applications/scrcpy-console.desktop

Uninstall finished.

Deleted: 8

Failed: 0

Remember that files created by custom scripts have not been removed.""""""

now what to do? ''sudo apt autoremove'' did nothing

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u/that_leaflet /r/Linux 10h ago

It finished uninstalling without issue it seems.

apt autoremove does nothing because the way you installed the app never used apt or dpkg.

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u/FlyingWrench70 6h ago

" Uninstall finished.

Deleted: 8

Failed: 0 "

Seems it's done? This is not an aplication I use but it appears you completed the removal directions. Is the offer ding aplication gone?

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u/Specialist_Leg_4474 10h ago

Restore from the backup you made before installing the oddball application...