How to uninstall steam64 for linux/ubuntu?
Solution 1
sudo apt-get purge steam-launcher && sudo apt-get autoremove
Post any errors to recieve further assistance.
Solution 2
Try installing Synaptic Package Manager with sudo apt-get install synaptic
, then open the program and search for steam
. Click the little button next to it and/or other packages you wish to remove and mark it/them for complete removal, then press Apply. This generally does a more thorough job of removing applications.
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Jonathan
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Jonathan over 1 year
I'm seeing people say things like
sudo apt-get remove steam
andsudo dpkg -r steam
but neither are working.I ran
dpkg-query -l *steam*
and I get the following:Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==============-============-============-================================= un steam <none> <none> (no description available) rc steam-launcher 1.0.0.47 all Launcher for the Steam software d un steam64 <none> <none> (no description available)
Not sure if this helps.
The steam FAQ doesn't seem to help either. I'm pretty sure I didn't do any
apt-get
install for Steam. I downloaded thesteam_latest.deb
from the website. Any ideas?Update: I do have what I believe to be the folder in
~/.steam
. What I'm wondering now is, if I remove this folder, what else do I need to remove?-
mchid about 10 yearsyeah get rid of that folder, it's not needed
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Jonathan about 10 yearsI must've succeeded in uninstalling by uninstalling the launcher. It just didn't feel as if I was actually removing if I removed a launcher. The entire folder in
~/.steam
contained all the files necessary to launch the application so I was confused as to how I could uninstall properly and wasn't sure if a simplerm -rf ~/.steam
would have been enough. -
mchid about 10 years"~/." files usually only contain user settings
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Jonathan about 10 yearsSynaptic doesn't come up with any results. This is odd.
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Jonathan about 10 years
Package 'steam64' is not installed, so not removed Package 'steam:i386' is not installed, so not removed The following packages will be REMOVED steam-launcher*
have done this - but doesn't feel like I'm done. -
Drew Stewart about 10 yearsIf Synaptic hasn't got any results, you've probably succeeded in removing the program earlier.
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Jonathan about 10 years@mchid no output.
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Jonathan about 10 yearsI think removing
steam-launcher
must've done the trick. The only thing that remains is that the actual install of Steam in~/.steam
remains so, I'm assuming if I delete this, I'm all done? -
mchid about 10 yearsWhen you run
purge
, as opposed toremove
, you delete the configuration files as well completely removing the program. Theremove
command leaves the configuration files intact so if you re-install the program all your previous settings will still be in place. -
Jonathan about 10 yearsGood idea. I'm actually using lubuntu so I'll search with pcmanfm but it has the same functionality as nautilus. I also tried a quick
locate steam
and halted it before it went mad, I could see I also have a copy of Steam in~/.local/share/Steam
which makes me want to facepalm a little.