Uninstall LimeWire?

**picpak** · May 15th, 2005

Is there a way to uninstall LimeWire using apt-get, or another way? I installed it with the instructions off Ubuntu Guide. I know it's built off Java, so it's been confusing for me to remove.

**harryc** · May 15th, 2005

No way using apt-get. Just delete the following;

/opt/LimeWire/

/usr/bin/runLime.sh

/usr/share/applications/LimeWire.desktop

**picpak** · May 15th, 2005

That's what I thought, but I wasn't sure it would delete everything. It will though?

(I'm too used to Windows programs only uninstalling half of the files and leaving the rest there

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**Xian** · May 15th, 2005

Originally Posted by picpak

That's what I thought, but I wasn't sure it would delete everything. It will though?

Yeah, as you can see by the How-To you followed, the uninstall method illustrated to you simply removes what was created, which was a single directory, desktop and executable file. Once those states are reverted then you are back where you started.

**jorgealfonso** · May 6th, 2007

With the version I installed, it seems to work fine the good old "sudo apt-get remove limewire-basic" (I was starting to panic about not finding the files you listed!!)

**hikaricore** · May 7th, 2007

jorgeal: The post you replied to was from two years ago. Alot of things have changed since then such as debian/ubuntu packages of software such as limewire being availible.

**Kyle12349** · November 24th, 2007

Is there any way of uninstalling Limewire without removing any of the files I downloaded on there?

**tonys_ub** · December 11th, 2007

I typed this in the termenal, "sudo apt-get remove limewire-basic". Now my update manager, synaptic manager, and package install will not work until I resolve this problem. Dose anyone have any way to fix this mess?