How to completely remove Calibre under Linux?

Question

I installed calibre manually under Debian Linux Squeeze. Compare to its functionality, the mime-type problem of calibre drives me crazy! It associates almost everything with itself! Almost everything failed if I try to open some file using xdg-open in a terminal. What a idiot design!

Solution 1

You can try this:

sudo calibre-uninstall

It works for me.

Solution 2

sudo python /usr/bin/calibre-uninstall
sudo rm -rf /opt/calibre

Solution 3

Try

apt-get --purge remove <package>

package being the calibre package.

Comments

[Sekhemty]

Please note that the "code" formatting should be used only to wrap actual code or console commands; to just give emphasis you could use italics or bold text.

[Vivodo]

I installed calibre manually, that is to say, by hand, not through apt.

[Keltari]

Due to the fact Calibre updates so often, Calibre recommends a script they publish to install. They recommend against apt and package installers.

[CodyChan]

It seems the second command is unnecessary, /opt/calibre is already removed by the first command.

[today]

Simply running sudo calibre-uninstall worked for me.

[0xh8h]

This works for me also