Can't uninstall Xeoma

**Fuji_in_Japan** · November 18th, 2012

hello,

I installed Xeoma through the Ubuntu Software center and now cannot uninstall. I still have XeomaCore and XeomaClient loading at start up.

- Unistalled through the software center. However it didn't uninstall although the center says it did.

- tried sudo apt-get remove Xeoma (along with all variants client and core) and still can't remove the software.

Any suggestions?

On a separate note, how do I get to rate this software in the software center?

Best regards,
Dave

**NikTh** · November 18th, 2012

Originally Posted by Fuji_in_Japan

hello,

I installed Xeoma through the Ubuntu Software center and now cannot uninstall. I still have XeomaCore and XeomaClient loading at start up.

- Unistalled through the software center. However it didn't uninstall although the center says it did.

- tried sudo apt-get remove Xeoma (along with all variants client and core) and still can't remove the software.

Any suggestions?

Hi ,
Open a terminal and use this command

Code:

sudo apt-get purge $(dpkg -l | awk '/^rc/ { print $2 }')

Post the results back here if you want.
Click on "New Reply" and put the results inside [CODE] tags to be easier to read. See here how

Originally Posted by Fuji_in_Japan

On a separate note, how do I get to rate this software in the software center?

First of all you have to install the software (as you did) , then you should have a Software Center account. If you don't , just create one. SSO is a requirement.
For more , read here =>RatingsAndReviews
Thanks

**Fuji_in_Japan** · November 18th, 2012

Hello,

I tried your advice but unfortunately it didn't work.

Code is below.

Code:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
gimp-help-en gimp-help-common
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
gimp* gimp-data* libavcodec53* libavutil51* libbabl-0.0-0* libblas3gf* libgegl-0.0-0* libgfortran3* libgimp2.0* libgtkglext1*
libgutenprintui2-1* liblapack3gf*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 12 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 325286 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing gimp ...
Purging configuration files for gimp ...
Removing gimp-data ...
Purging configuration files for gimp-data ...
Removing libavcodec53 ...
Purging configuration files for libavcodec53 ...
Removing libavutil51 ...
Purging configuration files for libavutil51 ...
Removing libbabl-0.0-0 ...
Purging configuration files for libbabl-0.0-0 ...
Removing libblas3gf ...
Purging configuration files for libblas3gf ...
Removing libgegl-0.0-0 ...
Purging configuration files for libgegl-0.0-0 ...
Removing libgfortran3 ...
Purging configuration files for libgfortran3 ...
Removing libgimp2.0 ...
Purging configuration files for libgimp2.0 ...
Removing libgtkglext1 ...
Purging configuration files for libgtkglext1 ...
Removing libgutenprintui2-1 ...
Purging configuration files for libgutenprintui2-1 ...
Removing liblapack3gf ...
Purging configuration files for liblapack3gf ...

Any other advice is most appreciated.

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Dave

**NikTh** · November 18th, 2012

This is weird really. You know , I searched for this program through apt-get and I cannot find anything.

Code:

apt-cache search xeoma

, I used synaptic package manager but to no avail , maybe another name ?

[offtopic]I don't know why such programs approved for Ubuntu software center , but this is just my opinion. As I read in reviews (because I haven't tested it) is a commercial program with lot of restrictions and this is not mentioned in description. (also a restricted and not open source program). [/offtopic]

Try to locate the program with locate command

Code:

locate <program name>

and use rm command (carefully) to delete any remains.

Also take a look in software center (history or installed) and try to locate what installed through this program.

Also you can take a look in dpkg-log and see if something is there (about what program(s) installed through this xeoma)

Code:

cat /var/log/dpkg.log > dpkg.txt
gedit dpkg.txt

Thanks

**Fuji_in_Japan** · November 19th, 2012

Hello,

Here is what I am getting:

Code:

apt-cache search xeoma
xeoma - Construction-set principle video surveillance software
xeoma-bin - Construction-set principle video surveillance software

Locate xeoma didn't find anything:

Code:

dave@Ubuntu-VirtualBox:~$ locate xeoma
dave@Ubuntu-VirtualBox:~$ sudo locate xeoma
dave@Ubuntu-VirtualBox:~$

Nor did Locate xeoma-bin

What's most interesting is the history in the software center says it was removed? But it tries to load everytime I boot

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Additional information: Found the program under /home/dave/bin/Xeoma and I renamed the program. Well see what that does?

dave

**NikTh** · November 19th, 2012

Hi ,
good thought. Search in bin and/or sbin and try to locate any remains. Rename them and see if better. If yes , I think you can remove them safely , with rm command.
Also you can use find command like this

Code: