How can I locate and remove an application in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS?

Question

I'm new to Ubuntu. I would like to know how to locate a certain software application and remove it.

Solution

Here's how to do it on the command line:

Open up your terminal, and run dpgk -l | grep $APPNAME, where `$APPNAME' is the name of the application you are looking for. This searches all of the packages installed on your computer.

The package names are listed in the second column. Pick the one you want to remove, then run sudo apt-get remove $PACKAGE_NAME, with the appropriate name substituted to remove the application.

Comments

[Zanna]

Please edit your question and explain what you want to remove and why - what are you actually trying to achieve?

[Pito]

I wanted to remove a package called wine , I did it thanks to soupy's answer .