Finding out the name of the package

[OzRamsay]

Hello,

I have PyCharm installed on my laptop and I wanted to reinstall it. So, firstly I intended to remove it by the command 'sudo apt-get purge', but I don't know the package name. I have tried to find out it in Synaptic Package Manager but did not found it there.

I also tried to locate the package by the 'dpkg --list' command but did not found it.


So, the question is why does not it show up in Synaptic and how to find out the package name of the installed PyCharm?

Thank you in advance!

[minitux]

that package in the official repositories is not there, you probably added a ppa, did you follow some online help, like this?

http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/201 ... 16-04-ppa/

[OzRamsay]

that package in the official repositories is not there, you probably added a ppa, did you follow some online help, like this?

http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/201 ... 16-04-ppa/

Yes, something like that. I downloaded the installation files from official site of pycharm and followed their directions.

[minitux]

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dpkg -l | grep pycharm

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[OzRamsay]

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dpkg -l | grep pycharm

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ozramsay@balance ~ $ dpkg -l | grep pycharm
ozramsay@balance ~ $ 

But PyCharm is working

[minitux]

you can not remove it with apt, because it is not installed by deb package, I think you followed here

https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/ ... html#linux

you have to remove the pycharm directory, which if you followed the link instructions you should have in /opt, to remove it you need the root privileges

[OzRamsay]

you can not remove it with apt, because it is not installed by deb package, I think you followed here

https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/ ... html#linux

you have to remove the pycharm directory, which if you followed the link instructions you should have in /opt, to remove it you need the root privileges

Thank you!

I think it would not be full uninstalling like after 'sudo apt-get purge'?

Yes, you are right I used https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/ ... html#linux. Is it the best way to install PyCharm?

[minitux]

if you remove the directory, uninstall is complete, that program, you have not installed it as the repositories programs, all you need is in that folder.

does not find it with dpkg -l because it is not installed with apt or dpkg but is used by launching .bin from its own work directory.

You should also have folders in /home and/or /home/.config /home/.cache which are the program configurations for your user, if you want to remove everything delete them as well.

if you want to manage the program with synaptic or apt-get and also have any updates, follow the first link I put you, installing it from PPAs

[OzRamsay]

if you remove the directory, uninstall is complete, that program, you have not installed it as the repositories programs, all you need is in that folder.

does not find it with dpkg -l because it is not installed with apt or dpkg but is used by launching .bin from its own work directory.

You should also have folders in /home and/or /home/.config /home/.cache which are the program configurations for your user, if you want to remove everything delete them as well.

if you want to manage the program with synaptic or apt-get and also have any updates, follow the first link I put you, installing it from PPAs

Thank you very much for the detailed answer!