How to uninstall conky
I downloaded conky from github: https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky
then I installed it using this method:
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ ccmake /home/user/conky
# this will launch a curses-based UI where you can configure
# everything, when you are ready you can build as usual:
$ sudo make # This will compile conky in the `src` subdirectory
$ sudo make install
then I wanted to uninstall it; I deleted the directories /build and /conky
and I did sudo apt-get --purge remove conky conky-all
then I rebooted, but conky still starts.
How do I delete conky?
linux conky uninstall
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I downloaded conky from github: https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky
then I installed it using this method:
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ ccmake /home/user/conky
# this will launch a curses-based UI where you can configure
# everything, when you are ready you can build as usual:
$ sudo make # This will compile conky in the `src` subdirectory
$ sudo make install
then I wanted to uninstall it; I deleted the directories /build and /conky
and I did sudo apt-get --purge remove conky conky-all
then I rebooted, but conky still starts.
How do I delete conky?
linux conky uninstall
asked Jun 5 '17 at 11:49
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I downloaded conky from github: https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky
then I installed it using this method:
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ ccmake /home/user/conky
# this will launch a curses-based UI where you can configure
# everything, when you are ready you can build as usual:
$ sudo make # This will compile conky in the `src` subdirectory
$ sudo make install
then I wanted to uninstall it; I deleted the directories /build and /conky
and I did sudo apt-get --purge remove conky conky-all
then I rebooted, but conky still starts.
How do I delete conky?
linux conky uninstall
asked Jun 5 '17 at 11:49
user1557314user1557314
111
I downloaded conky from github: https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky
then I installed it using this method:
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ ccmake /home/user/conky
# this will launch a curses-based UI where you can configure
# everything, when you are ready you can build as usual:
$ sudo make # This will compile conky in the `src` subdirectory
$ sudo make install
then I wanted to uninstall it; I deleted the directories /build and /conky
and I did sudo apt-get --purge remove conky conky-all
then I rebooted, but conky still starts.
How do I delete conky?
linux conky uninstall
linux conky uninstall
asked Jun 5 '17 at 11:49
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asked Jun 5 '17 at 11:49
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There is no 100% sure way to find all new files that were installed during the make install since you removed the build directories that might have contained a list of installed (but usually not the overwritten ones) files.
You might try something like
find /directory_path -mtime -1 -ls (stolen from here), but you may run in all kinds of trouble if you did some more building and installing the time frame.
The apt-get method you tried, fails because you confgured, built and installed outside of the integrated package management system that apt is.
In the future when you want to do this again, make at least an index of the files already installed before the make install part and do the same afterwards. Comparing those indexes should give you the installed and overwritten files.
Good luck.
answered Jun 5 '17 at 13:12
JdeHaanJdeHaan
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consider downloading the package again, creating the makefile, then running "make uninstall"?
– Jeff Schaller
Jun 5 '17 at 13:16
tried it, didn't work unfortunately.
– user1557314
Jun 5 '17 at 13:37
That lastmake uninstallmight have failed because conky was still running (a executable file deletion in linux does not actually become effective until all processes using it are ended). Try a reboot.
– JdeHaan
Jun 5 '17 at 13:41
@JdeHaan what? Executables do get deleted even if they’re running. The space they occupy isn’t recovered until all running processes using them have closed the corresponding file descriptor (same as any file on Unix-style systems), but they do disappear from the directory containing them.
– Stephen Kitt
Jun 5 '17 at 13:58
@Stephen Kitt: true, more accurate.
– JdeHaan
Jun 5 '17 at 14:23
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I think I got it.
First I reinstalled using the same method
then I did this:
killall conky
cd build
make clean
cd
sudo rm -r build
sudo rm -r conky
sudo rm -r /usr/local/bin/conky-1.10.7_pre
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/conky
sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get autoclean ; sudo apt-get clean ; sudo apt-get autoremove
answered Jun 5 '17 at 13:36
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There is no 100% sure way to find all new files that were installed during the make install since you removed the build directories that might have contained a list of installed (but usually not the overwritten ones) files.
You might try something like
find /directory_path -mtime -1 -ls (stolen from here), but you may run in all kinds of trouble if you did some more building and installing the time frame.
The apt-get method you tried, fails because you confgured, built and installed outside of the integrated package management system that apt is.
In the future when you want to do this again, make at least an index of the files already installed before the make install part and do the same afterwards. Comparing those indexes should give you the installed and overwritten files.
Good luck.
answered Jun 5 '17 at 13:12
JdeHaanJdeHaan
357213
1
consider downloading the package again, creating the makefile, then running "make uninstall"?
– Jeff Schaller
Jun 5 '17 at 13:16
tried it, didn't work unfortunately.
– user1557314
Jun 5 '17 at 13:37
That lastmake uninstallmight have failed because conky was still running (a executable file deletion in linux does not actually become effective until all processes using it are ended). Try a reboot.
– JdeHaan
Jun 5 '17 at 13:41
@JdeHaan what? Executables do get deleted even if they’re running. The space they occupy isn’t recovered until all running processes using them have closed the corresponding file descriptor (same as any file on Unix-style systems), but they do disappear from the directory containing them.
– Stephen Kitt
Jun 5 '17 at 13:58
@Stephen Kitt: true, more accurate.
– JdeHaan
Jun 5 '17 at 14:23
add a comment |
There is no 100% sure way to find all new files that were installed during the make install since you removed the build directories that might have contained a list of installed (but usually not the overwritten ones) files.
You might try something like
find /directory_path -mtime -1 -ls (stolen from here), but you may run in all kinds of trouble if you did some more building and installing the time frame.
The apt-get method you tried, fails because you confgured, built and installed outside of the integrated package management system that apt is.
In the future when you want to do this again, make at least an index of the files already installed before the make install part and do the same afterwards. Comparing those indexes should give you the installed and overwritten files.
Good luck.
answered Jun 5 '17 at 13:12
JdeHaanJdeHaan
357213
1
consider downloading the package again, creating the makefile, then running "make uninstall"?
– Jeff Schaller
Jun 5 '17 at 13:16
tried it, didn't work unfortunately.
– user1557314
Jun 5 '17 at 13:37
That lastmake uninstallmight have failed because conky was still running (a executable file deletion in linux does not actually become effective until all processes using it are ended). Try a reboot.
– JdeHaan
Jun 5 '17 at 13:41
@JdeHaan what? Executables do get deleted even if they’re running. The space they occupy isn’t recovered until all running processes using them have closed the corresponding file descriptor (same as any file on Unix-style systems), but they do disappear from the directory containing them.
– Stephen Kitt
Jun 5 '17 at 13:58
@Stephen Kitt: true, more accurate.
– JdeHaan
Jun 5 '17 at 14:23
add a comment |
There is no 100% sure way to find all new files that were installed during the make install since you removed the build directories that might have contained a list of installed (but usually not the overwritten ones) files.
You might try something like
find /directory_path -mtime -1 -ls (stolen from here), but you may run in all kinds of trouble if you did some more building and installing the time frame.
The apt-get method you tried, fails because you confgured, built and installed outside of the integrated package management system that apt is.
In the future when you want to do this again, make at least an index of the files already installed before the make install part and do the same afterwards. Comparing those indexes should give you the installed and overwritten files.
Good luck.
answered Jun 5 '17 at 13:12
JdeHaanJdeHaan
357213
There is no 100% sure way to find all new files that were installed during the make install since you removed the build directories that might have contained a list of installed (but usually not the overwritten ones) files.
You might try something like
find /directory_path -mtime -1 -ls (stolen from here), but you may run in all kinds of trouble if you did some more building and installing the time frame.
The apt-get method you tried, fails because you confgured, built and installed outside of the integrated package management system that apt is.
In the future when you want to do this again, make at least an index of the files already installed before the make install part and do the same afterwards. Comparing those indexes should give you the installed and overwritten files.
Good luck.
answered Jun 5 '17 at 13:12
JdeHaanJdeHaan
357213
answered Jun 5 '17 at 13:12
JdeHaanJdeHaan
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answered Jun 5 '17 at 13:12
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answered Jun 5 '17 at 13:12
JdeHaanJdeHaan
357213
357213
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consider downloading the package again, creating the makefile, then running "make uninstall"?
– Jeff Schaller
Jun 5 '17 at 13:16
tried it, didn't work unfortunately.
– user1557314
Jun 5 '17 at 13:37
That lastmake uninstallmight have failed because conky was still running (a executable file deletion in linux does not actually become effective until all processes using it are ended). Try a reboot.
– JdeHaan
Jun 5 '17 at 13:41
@JdeHaan what? Executables do get deleted even if they’re running. The space they occupy isn’t recovered until all running processes using them have closed the corresponding file descriptor (same as any file on Unix-style systems), but they do disappear from the directory containing them.
– Stephen Kitt
Jun 5 '17 at 13:58
@Stephen Kitt: true, more accurate.
– JdeHaan
Jun 5 '17 at 14:23
add a comment |
1
consider downloading the package again, creating the makefile, then running "make uninstall"?
– Jeff Schaller
Jun 5 '17 at 13:16
tried it, didn't work unfortunately.
– user1557314
Jun 5 '17 at 13:37
That lastmake uninstallmight have failed because conky was still running (a executable file deletion in linux does not actually become effective until all processes using it are ended). Try a reboot.
– JdeHaan
Jun 5 '17 at 13:41
@JdeHaan what? Executables do get deleted even if they’re running. The space they occupy isn’t recovered until all running processes using them have closed the corresponding file descriptor (same as any file on Unix-style systems), but they do disappear from the directory containing them.
– Stephen Kitt
Jun 5 '17 at 13:58
@Stephen Kitt: true, more accurate.
– JdeHaan
Jun 5 '17 at 14:23
1
1
consider downloading the package again, creating the makefile, then running "make uninstall"?
– Jeff Schaller
Jun 5 '17 at 13:16
consider downloading the package again, creating the makefile, then running "make uninstall"?
– Jeff Schaller
Jun 5 '17 at 13:16
tried it, didn't work unfortunately.
– user1557314
Jun 5 '17 at 13:37
tried it, didn't work unfortunately.
– user1557314
Jun 5 '17 at 13:37
That last
make uninstall might have failed because conky was still running (a executable file deletion in linux does not actually become effective until all processes using it are ended). Try a reboot.– JdeHaan
Jun 5 '17 at 13:41
That last
make uninstall might have failed because conky was still running (a executable file deletion in linux does not actually become effective until all processes using it are ended). Try a reboot.– JdeHaan
Jun 5 '17 at 13:41
@JdeHaan what? Executables do get deleted even if they’re running. The space they occupy isn’t recovered until all running processes using them have closed the corresponding file descriptor (same as any file on Unix-style systems), but they do disappear from the directory containing them.
– Stephen Kitt
Jun 5 '17 at 13:58
@JdeHaan what? Executables do get deleted even if they’re running. The space they occupy isn’t recovered until all running processes using them have closed the corresponding file descriptor (same as any file on Unix-style systems), but they do disappear from the directory containing them.
– Stephen Kitt
Jun 5 '17 at 13:58
@Stephen Kitt: true, more accurate.
– JdeHaan
Jun 5 '17 at 14:23
@Stephen Kitt: true, more accurate.
– JdeHaan
Jun 5 '17 at 14:23
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I think I got it.
First I reinstalled using the same method
then I did this:
killall conky
cd build
make clean
cd
sudo rm -r build
sudo rm -r conky
sudo rm -r /usr/local/bin/conky-1.10.7_pre
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/conky
sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get autoclean ; sudo apt-get clean ; sudo apt-get autoremove
answered Jun 5 '17 at 13:36
user1557314user1557314
111
add a comment |
I think I got it.
First I reinstalled using the same method
then I did this:
killall conky
cd build
make clean
cd
sudo rm -r build
sudo rm -r conky
sudo rm -r /usr/local/bin/conky-1.10.7_pre
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/conky
sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get autoclean ; sudo apt-get clean ; sudo apt-get autoremove
answered Jun 5 '17 at 13:36
user1557314user1557314
111
add a comment |
I think I got it.
First I reinstalled using the same method
then I did this:
killall conky
cd build
make clean
cd
sudo rm -r build
sudo rm -r conky
sudo rm -r /usr/local/bin/conky-1.10.7_pre
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/conky
sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get autoclean ; sudo apt-get clean ; sudo apt-get autoremove
answered Jun 5 '17 at 13:36
user1557314user1557314
111
I think I got it.
First I reinstalled using the same method
then I did this:
killall conky
cd build
make clean
cd
sudo rm -r build
sudo rm -r conky
sudo rm -r /usr/local/bin/conky-1.10.7_pre
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/conky
sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get autoclean ; sudo apt-get clean ; sudo apt-get autoremove
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