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I have an application that I need to replace with an updated version, and a package that needs to be replaced with an updated version. I tried to install the newer versions and was not allowed to.
How do I do that?
Thanks,
Mike
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We really need to know how you installed the package and how you're trying to remove it.
Packages installed by apt-get can be removed by
apt-get remove (pkg)
You may get error messages if the package has other packages depending on it.
But, then, packages installed with apt-get will normally overwrite the "old" package.
If you've installed from source (generally a bad, bad idea), then, if you're lucky there will be an uninstall script in the original build directory. If not, then it's a matter of doing
updatedb (as root)
and then
locate nameOfPackage
You'll then have to rm every part of the package manually (as root).
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