How to uninstall softmaker freeoffice

command-line apt dpkg

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Solution 1

Since all other answers are outdated and not working, here is the working answer.

First open your terminal and enter

dpkg --get-selections | grep softmaker

to know what components are installed on you PC. This will give you like following output:

softmaker-freeoffice-2016:i386          install

Now you know what is installed so to remove with the following:

sudo dpkg -r "component name"

i.e. for given output: sudo dpkg -r softmaker-freeoffice-2016:i386

that should solve everyone's problem.

Solution 2

Look for the freeoffice directory in your home directory. (If the folder can't be found there, but you know you have the software installed, execute sudo find / -iname freeoffice) Delete that folder and all of its contents (either by dragging it to the trash and emptying the trash can, or my executing sudo -rf freeoffice from its parent folder.)

There is also a .softmaker folder either in ~/ or in / (if the program was installed as root). Delete it also.

Go to ~/.local/share/applications (or /usr/local/share/appliations or /usr/share/application) and execute sudo rm *-free.desktop to remove the icons associated with the programs. This will also remove the programs from the "Open With" menu.

Finally, there is a SoftMaker directory in ~/ (or /), which should also be deleted.

Solution 3

Appending to Aizuddin Zali's grep command:

after running the command dpkg -l | grep softmake* , i noted that the package name was softmaker-freeoffice-2016

Then, ran command, sudo apt-get remove softmaker-freeoffice-2016 . That's all.

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6warrior

Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

6warrior over 1 year
I downloaded FreeOffice from here. Now I am trying to uninstall it by doing this command:
```
sudo dpkg -r softmaker-office
```
And it isn't working.
- Marc over 8 years
  
  Did you try sudo apt-get remove softmaker-office?
- Ravan over 8 years
  
  please refer here
- 6warrior over 8 years
  
  @Marc : no work mate, i got this message 'E: Unable to locate package softmaker-office'
- 6warrior over 8 years
  
  @Ravan : not a success either
- Aizuddin Zali over 8 years
  
  @6warrior do this : dpkg -l | grep softmake*. Share the output.
- Ravan over 8 years
  
  @6warrior "no success"?? what is the error?...run this sudo dpkg -r softmaker-office-2012 please comment after that.
Zanna about 6 years

piping the first locate result into sh in a root shell is a bad idea. At least check the result first!
Cutton Eye about 6 years

you probably would like to tell the user how to exit the root-shell. I can't see a reason for entering it. sudo + command works fine and makes less trouble in newbies hand.