[SOLVED] How Do I Uninstall Realplayer 11?

[r4wj4]

I downloaded realplayer 11 which was a .bin file. Made that into a executable file(using chmod +x) and installed it. Now I want to uninstall it and there is no entry of it in synaptic(because manually installed). How do I uninstall it...any advice?

I'm a ubuntu/linux noob.

[ranjithnair]

Try this

sudo dpkg -r realplayer

If the above does not work then try removing manually. Realplayer only installs a binary file named realplay, its icons and some more, not a lot. Just type:

locate realplay

Here how u remove it manually:
In Linux, open a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Console (or Terminal)) and go with the command "cd" to each directory where the file is. Then, to remove it type:

sudo rm -f nameofthefile

If it is a directly then:

sudo rm -rf nameofthedirectory

[r4wj4]

I found where its installed...its in /opt/real/RealPlayer. I just deleted that directory, but whenever I right click on a video file it still has the option to play it with realplayer...or whenever you set the file to open with a certain program real player it still a option. The icon still shows under Application>Sound & Video. How to I completely remove it.

"locate realplay" gave me 57 entries of all the reaplyer stuff...do i have to manually remove all of them?

thanks.

[r4wj4]

bump

[gonzomalan]

even though it says solved, i'm going to post my opinion that yes, you need to uninstall each file. and there are many. i am in the process of doing this myself and came across this entry.

[JGable98]

This is what worked for me

sudo dpkg -r realplay 11.0.1.1056

[jrusso2]

Usually .bin files have an uninstall script. Why don't you run that it should be in a directory close to the program which is /opt I think for realplay.

[simptechmike]

This is what worked for me

Thanks. This worked for me as well!

[juan.manuel.melillo]

I found where its installed...its in /opt/real/RealPlayer. I just deleted that directory, but whenever I right click on a video file it still has the option to play it with realplayer...or whenever you set the file to open with a certain program real player it still a option. The icon still shows under Application>Sound & Video. How to I completely remove it.

"locate realplay" gave me 57 entries of all the reaplyer stuff...do i have to manually remove all of them?

thanks.

I did the following in same situation. Be carefull, an error would mean you lost your information.

locate realplay | xargs sudo rm -rf

Juan Manuel

[eazely]

Steps at http://eazely.com/archives/tinker/875 worked for me on a 'manual' installation. Don't know if the uninstall scripts are there in a .deb installation though