how to uninstall software in linux. I am facing issues installing No machine setup(NX)
4 Answers
rpm -e <package>
or yum remove <package>
if it was installed via a package. Otherwise make uninstall
or judicious use of rm
.
If I want to uninstall a program quickly and I only know part of the name I find the following commands always nice.
Lets say I want to remove only tomcat from my system, I use:
rpm -qa | grep "tomcat" | xargs rpm -e
If I want to remove tomcat and all its dependencies I use:
rpm -qa | grep "tomcat" | xargs yum erase -y
There are all kinds of variations on these commands, and they can be quite powerful.
yum remove <package>
As for any details on which packages are installed, you could use yum list
. That should show all packages.