Ok Do I have to include anymore information or just type sudo apt autoremove
Yes, those directories contain files. D On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 5:07 PM, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > You can run the dpkg command. I don’t suspect it will remove anything > extra. If not, then you can proceed with the rm commands. You might want to > take a look at those directories. It’s possible they are now empty, but the > directories were not removed. (It seems /etc/gnucash is gone now however) > > Before you get to rm though, I’d also run the autoremove command that apt > suggested to clean up all of those no-longer needed packages. (some of > which were part of the original gnucash installation as it noted.) > > Regards, > Adrien > > > On May 11, 2018, at 4:01 PM, Dennis Powless <claven...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > This was the output..... > > > > dennis@dennis-XPS-8500:~$ sudo apt list --installed | grep gnucash > > [sudo] password for dennis: > > > > WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in > scripts. > > > > gnucash-common/xenial-getdeb,xenial-getdeb,now 1:2.6.17-1~getdeb1 all > [installed,auto-removable] > > gnucash-docs/xenial,xenial,now 2.6.12-1 all [installed,auto-removable] > > dennis@dennis-XPS-8500:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge gnucash > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... Done > > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer > required: > > cabextract gnucash-common gnucash-docs guile-2.0 libaqbanking-data > libaqbanking35 libaqbanking35-plugins libaqebics0 libaqhbci22 > libaqofxconnect7 > > libclass-singleton-perl libcommon-sense-perl libdate-manip-perl > libdatetime-locale-perl libdatetime-perl libdatetime-timezone-perl libdbi1 > libfinance-quote-perl > > libglade2-0 libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomecanvas2-common libgoffice-0.8-8 > libgoffice-0.8-8-common libgsf-1-114 libgsf-1-common libgwengui-gtk2-0 > libgwenhywfar-data > > libgwenhywfar60 libhtml-tableextract-perl libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0 > libjson-perl libjson-xs-perl libktoblzcheck1v5 libllvm3.8 > libmodule-implementation-perl > > libmodule-runtime-perl libmspack0 libofx6 libosp5 > libparams-classify-perl libparams-validate-perl libqmi-glib1 > libtry-tiny-perl libtypes-serialiser-perl > > libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 libwebkitgtk-1.0-common libxmlsec1 > linux-headers-4.4.0-101 linux-headers-4.4.0-101-generic > linux-headers-4.4.0-103 > > linux-headers-4.4.0-103-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-104 > linux-headers-4.4.0-104-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-108 > linux-headers-4.4.0-108-generic > > linux-headers-4.4.0-109 linux-headers-4.4.0-109-generic > linux-headers-4.4.0-112 linux-headers-4.4.0-112-generic > linux-headers-4.4.0-116 > > linux-headers-4.4.0-116-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-119 > linux-headers-4.4.0-119-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-121 > linux-headers-4.4.0-121-generic > > linux-headers-4.4.0-65 linux-headers-4.4.0-65-generic > linux-headers-4.4.0-66 linux-headers-4.4.0-66-generic > linux-headers-4.4.0-70 linux-headers-4.4.0-70-generic > > linux-headers-4.4.0-71 linux-headers-4.4.0-71-generic > linux-headers-4.4.0-72 linux-headers-4.4.0-72-generic > linux-headers-4.4.0-75 linux-headers-4.4.0-75-generic > > linux-headers-4.4.0-78 linux-headers-4.4.0-78-generic > linux-headers-4.4.0-79 linux-headers-4.4.0-79-generic > linux-headers-4.4.0-81 linux-headers-4.4.0-81-generic > > linux-headers-4.4.0-83 linux-headers-4.4.0-83-generic > linux-headers-4.4.0-87 linux-headers-4.4.0-87-generic > linux-headers-4.4.0-89 linux-headers-4.4.0-89-generic > > linux-headers-4.4.0-91 linux-headers-4.4.0-91-generic > linux-headers-4.4.0-92 linux-headers-4.4.0-92-generic > linux-headers-4.4.0-93 linux-headers-4.4.0-93-generic > > linux-headers-4.4.0-96 linux-headers-4.4.0-96-generic > linux-headers-4.4.0-97 linux-headers-4.4.0-97-generic > linux-headers-4.4.0-98 linux-headers-4.4.0-98-generic > > linux-image-4.4.0-101-generic linux-image-4.4.0-103-generic > linux-image-4.4.0-104-generic linux-image-4.4.0-108-generic > linux-image-4.4.0-109-generic > > linux-image-4.4.0-112-generic linux-image-4.4.0-116-generic > linux-image-4.4.0-119-generic linux-image-4.4.0-121-generic > linux-image-4.4.0-65-generic > > linux-image-4.4.0-66-generic linux-image-4.4.0-70-generic > linux-image-4.4.0-71-generic linux-image-4.4.0-72-generic > linux-image-4.4.0-75-generic > > linux-image-4.4.0-78-generic linux-image-4.4.0-79-generic > linux-image-4.4.0-81-generic linux-image-4.4.0-83-generic > linux-image-4.4.0-87-generic > > linux-image-4.4.0-89-generic linux-image-4.4.0-91-generic > linux-image-4.4.0-92-generic linux-image-4.4.0-93-generic > linux-image-4.4.0-96-generic > > linux-image-4.4.0-97-generic linux-image-4.4.0-98-generic > linux-image-extra-4.4.0-101-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-103-generic > > linux-image-extra-4.4.0-104-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-108-generic > linux-image-extra-4.4.0-109-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-112-generic > > linux-image-extra-4.4.0-116-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-119-generic > linux-image-extra-4.4.0-121-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-65-generic > > linux-image-extra-4.4.0-66-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-70-generic > linux-image-extra-4.4.0-71-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-72-generic > > linux-image-extra-4.4.0-75-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-78-generic > linux-image-extra-4.4.0-79-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-81-generic > > linux-image-extra-4.4.0-83-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-87-generic > linux-image-extra-4.4.0-89-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-91-generic > > linux-image-extra-4.4.0-92-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-93-generic > linux-image-extra-4.4.0-96-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-97-generic > > linux-image-extra-4.4.0-98-generic snap-confine > > Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. > > The following packages will be REMOVED: > > gnucash* > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 8 not upgraded. > > After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. > > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] > > (Reading database ... 1132738 files and directories currently installed.) > > Removing gnucash (1:2.6.17-1~getdeb1) ... > > Purging configuration files for gnucash (1:2.6.17-1~getdeb1) ... > > dennis@dennis-XPS-8500:~$ sudo apt list --installed | grep gnucash > > > > WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in > scripts. > > > > gnucash-common/xenial-getdeb,xenial-getdeb,now 1:2.6.17-1~getdeb1 all > [installed,auto-removable] > > gnucash-docs/xenial,xenial,now 2.6.12-1 all [installed,auto-removable] > > dennis@dennis-XPS-8500:~$ whereis gnucash > > gnucash: /usr/include/gnucash /usr/share/gnucash > > > > > > I guess I can run.... > > > > > > sudo dpkg remove --purge gnucash > > > > > > > > Right? > > > > > > Or, should I manually remove with.... > > > > sudo rm -irv /usr/include/gnucash > > sudo rm -irv /usr/share/gnucash > > > > > > > > Dennis > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 7:07 AM, Adrien Monteleone < > adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > Dennis, > > > > sudo apt list --installed | grep gnucash > > > > will give you a list of any gnucash packages installed with the Ubuntu > package manager. If you don’t see gnucash listed, you built it from source. > (I still see gnucash-common-2.6.12 when I run that command because I had > that version from the repos installed originally, but I don’t see the > 2.6.19 that I built from source) > > > > Since Ubuntu users /usr and you said a whereis command gave you both > /usr/share and /usr/include, I’d be inclined to say you installed it with > the package manager, not built from source. > > > > *note, for this purpose the package manager doesn’t care which front-end > you used, that is ‘aptitude’ ‘apt’ ‘apt-get’ are all the ’same.’ dpkg is a > little different in that you can use it to install a .deb package > downloaded directly, but as far as I know, there are no .deb packages of > GnuCash anywhere so I’d say it’s safe to say you didn’t use that method. (I > think the apt command above would still return such an install however as > it gets registered with the package manager) > > > > Regards, > > Adrien > > > > > On May 10, 2018, at 10:35 PM, Dennis Powless <claven...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > I read up on uninstalling programs and about the - -purge command but > didn’t know how to combine it with the dbkg command. > > > > > > To be honest, I don’t remember how I installed it gnucash on that > machine. > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > >> On May 10, 2018, at 8:30 PM, David Cousens <davidcous...@bigpond.com> > wrote: > > >> > > >> Dennis, > > >> > > >> If you use the --purge switch with apt remove i.e. > > >> > > >> sudo apt-get remove gnucash > > >> > > >> it should remove those configuration files in /usr/etc and > /usr/include and /usr/share files as well. A post on AskUbuntu indicates > that the --purge switch does not remove configuration and data files in the > user's home directory. The man page on apt-get purge indicates it removes > configuration and data files but does not specify whether that is in the > user's home directory or not. I think apt on Linux Mint is somewhat > similar to aptitude on Ubuntu but at present I don't have Ubuntu running on > a VM to test it out. The user preference files are in /home/dennis/.gnucash > for v 2.6. ( In V 3.1 they are located in /home/dennis/.local/share/gnucash > - conversion is automatic on the first run of v3.1). If you rename the > /home/dennis/.gnucash directory to /home/dennis/.old-gnucash before using > the "sudo apt remove --purge gnucash" command and then rename them back to > the original after having done that, you can avoid any possibility of > deleting the preference files. > > >> > > >> The Ubuntu 16.04 distro appears to put its distribution version in > > >> /usr as the prefix rather than /usr/local. > > >> > > >>> On Thu, 2018-05-10 at 16:02 -0400, Dennis Powless wrote: > > >>> I was able to use the remove feature in Ubuntu Software..... however > after I ran that, I did the whereis gnucash and this is the output. > > >>> > > >>> dennis@dennis-XPS-8500:~$ whereis gnucash > > >>> gnucash: /etc/gnucash /usr/include/gnucash /usr/share/gnucash > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> I then did > > >>> sudo apt-get remove gnucash > > >>> > > >>> repeated whereis gnucash with same output. > > >>> > > >>> I don't have anything /gnucash in the lib directory > > >>> > > >>> Here is the output of the lib directory > > >>> > > >>> dennis@dennis-XPS-8500:/lib$ ls > > >>> apparmor klibc-k3La8MUnuzHQ0_kG8hokcGAC0PA.so recovery-mode > > >>> brltty ld-linux.so.2 resolvconf > > >>> cpp ld-lsb.so.1 systemd > > >>> crda ld-lsb.so.2 sysvinit > > >>> firmware ld-lsb.so.3 terminfo > > >>> hdparm linux-sound-base udev > > >>> i386-linux-gnu lsb ufw > > >>> ifupdown modprobe.d > x86_64-linux-gnu > > >>> init modules xtables > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Output of the ls on i386-linux-gnu > > >>> > > >>> dennis@dennis-XPS-8500:/lib/i386-linux-gnu$ ls > > >>> ld-2.23.so libc-2.23.so libdl-2.23.so > libnsl-2.23.so libnss_files-2.23.so libnss_nisplus.so.2 > libresolv.so.2 libutil-2.23.so > > >>> ld-linux.so.2 libcidn-2.23.so libdl.so.2 > libnsl.so.1 libnss_files.so.2 libnss_nis.so.2 > librt-2.23.so libutil.so.1 > > >>> libanl-2.23.so libcidn.so.1 libgcc_s.so.1 > libnss_compat-2.23.so libnss_hesiod-2.23.so libpcprofile.so > librt.so.1 libz.so.1 > > >>> libanl.so.1 libcrypt-2.23.so libm-2.23.so > libnss_compat.so.2 libnss_hesiod.so.2 libpthread-2.23.so > libSegFault.so libz.so.1.2.8 > > >>> libBrokenLocale-2.23.so libcrypt.so.1 libmemusage.so > libnss_dns-2.23.so libnss_nis-2.23.so libpthread.so.0 > libthread_db-1.0.so > > >>> libBrokenLocale.so.1 libc.so.6 libm.so.6 > libnss_dns.so.2 libnss_nisplus-2.23.so libresolv-2.23.so > libthread_db.so.1 > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> I tried the dpkg optrion also > > >>> > > >>> dennis@dennis-XPS-8500:~$ sudo dpkg -r gnucash > > >>> dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove gnucash, only the config > > >>> files of which are on the system; use --purge to remove them too > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Thanks for the help. > > >>> > > >>> BTW, I can't find gnucash in unity. > > >>> > > >>> Dennis > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>> On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 10:56 AM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> > wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>>> On May 9, 2018, at 3:19 PM, DaveC49 <davidcous...@bigpond.com> > wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Dennis > > >>>>> > > >>>>> It is probbaly a good idea to uninstall the previous build of > 2.6.x before > > >>>>> upgrading. With the changes between 2.6 and 3.1 there may have > been changes > > >>>>> in the libraries/library names such that some older libraries may > not > > >>>>> necessarilybe overwritten. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> How to remove it will depend upon how you installed it and in > which location > > >>>>> you installed it. If you built it from sources and you have > retained the > > >>>>> source directory, try changing to the top level source directory > or a build > > >>>>> directory if there is one in a terminal and then type > > >>>>> > > >>>>> make uninstall > > >>>>> > > >>>>> if it was installed under your home directory > > >>>>> > > >>>>> or sudo make uninstall > > >>>>> > > >>>>> if it was installed to a system directory like /usr/local or/opt. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> If you didn't retain the source directory and/or build directory > then things > > >>>>> get a bit harder. One strategy would be to download the sources > for that > > >>>>> version again. Follow the instructions for buidling that version > apart from > > >>>>> the "make install" or "sudo make install" at the end. This will > recreate a > > >>>>> manifest file. Then issue the "make install" or "sudo make > install" in the > > >>>>> top level source directory (if you built them with a build > directory then > > >>>>> issue the command in that build directory.) Both Cmake and > autotools can be > > >>>>> used on the later 2.6.x versions. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> You can tell where Gnucash is installed using > > >>>>> whereis gnucash > > >>>>> in a shell to list the locations that gnucash was installed to. If > the first > > >>>>> part of the path is /usr/local or /opt or another system location > ( that is > > >>>>> one not under the /home/dennis tree) then you will need to use > sudo as a > > >>>>> prefix to make uninstall. I am not sure if whereis locates > installs under > > >>>>> your home directory however. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> If you installed using apt then > > >>>>> > > >>>>> sudo apt-get remove gnucash > > >>>>> should do the job. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> If you installed from a debian package you downloaded > > >>>>> > > >>>>> sudo dpkg -r gnucash > > >>>>> > > >>>>> should also remove it > > >>>>> > > >>>>> There are instructions on the > > >>>>> > > >>>>> The BuildUbuntu16.04 wiki page has a section for Uninstalling > Gnucash as > > >>>>> above. It also has a link and a link to another which has > instructions for > > >>>>> manually removing Gnucash. I need to add more to that page but the > manual > > >>>>> removal instructions there do work. Note you need to use sudo > before any > > >>>>> commands if installed in a system location. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> I would try the instructions above first however as manually > deleting things > > >>>>> from system directories > > >>>>> can be hazardous to your system. > > >>>> > > >>>> You can clear enough to get a clean build by deleting > <prefix>/<lib>/gnucash, where <prefix> is the root of the installation--the > parent of bin/, etc/, <lib>/, and share/. <lib> is whatever your system > calls its library directory: In the old days it was just lib/, but some > systems use lib64/ and some use lib/x86_64-gnu-linux or something similar. > For example, if you’re installing into $HOME/.local and lib isn’t mangled > on your system, > > >>>> rm -rf $HOME/.local/lib/gnucash > > >>>> will delete all of the loadable modules and precompiled guile > modules so they don’t interfere with the build. > > >>>> > > >>>> Regards, > > >>>> John Ralls > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>> gnucash-user mailing list > > >>>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > >>>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > >>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > >>>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > > >>>> ----- > > >>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > >>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > >>>> > > >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gnucash-user mailing list > > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > > > ----- > > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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