How to Upgrade Amarok???? [solved]

[johnnyj]

You can remove an application with:

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sudo apt-get remove program

where "program" is the name of the program you want to remove. If you type the name of more than one program, all the programs whose names you typed will be removed.

After you remove a program, you can remove leftover stuff with:

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sudo apt-get autoremove

which removes unneeded dependencies related to software that has been uninstalled, and

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sudo apt-get clean

which removes the cache of .deb files in /var/cache/apt/archives. Files are downloaded to that folder by mintInstall, mintUpdate, synaptic, Clem's command-line apt program, aptitude, apt-get, and other APT frontends.

[johnnyj]

Hi Carl,

mintInstall can't uninstall programs yet. A quick forum search revealed that people are discussing how to add this feature to mintInstall. See http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... ll#p167266 for a post on this and other features that mintInstall might get in the future.

To uninstall programs the point-and-click way, you must currently use Synaptic. To do this:

• Open Synaptic. There will be five buttons on the bottom-left corner. Click on the one that says "Status".
  
  Now there will be some options a little bit up from the buttons. These options say things like "All" and "Installed". Click "Installed".
  
  To the right, you'll see all the software you have. Each item has a name, a version, and a description.
  
  Now you just need to find the software you want to uninstall. You'll want to use the "Quick search" at the top to find it. Let's say you wanted to uninstall Amarok. If you type "amarok" in the Quick Search box, Synaptic will show only the software that has "amarok" in its name or description.
  
  When you see something you want to remove, click it. You'll get a menu with several options. Click the "Mark for Removal" option.
  
  Click the Apply button at the top and Synaptic will uninstall your program.

Hopefully mintInstall will provide a less confusing way to uninstall programs.