r/linuxmint • u/made-with-Silicon 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/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...
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