I use dpkg -l | grep -i teamviewer command to find the package name of teamviewer. What if you do not remember the exact name of the package you want to remove? Don't worry! The Tab will help you to autocomplete the name of the package. The commands and procedures mentioned in this article were executed on an Ubuntu 20.04 LTS system, the same instructions can be used for the older Ubuntu 18.04 version as well.
#How to install teamviewer on ubuntu 20.04 how to
I think you guys understand now that to remove TeamViewer 8 from my ubuntu machine I have to remove the package with its configuration files. In this article, we will explain how to install the TeamViewer application on your Ubuntu system, both from the user interface and from the command line. "Debian packages can be converted into other packages and vice versa using alien, and created from source code using CheckInstall or Debian Package Maker." (Wikipedia) These archives may be compressed with gzip (zlib), Bzip2, or xz programs and the deb package is handled by dpkg or other programs such as apt/aptitude, the Ubuntu Software Center, Synaptic or Gdebi. But, the question is, how? Do you know what a deb package is? Since is very important to know what a deb package is I am explaining it to you in two or three short sentences.Ī deb package is an archive that contains two tar archives. I have installed TeamViewer 8 from a deb package and I am not using it anymore, so I decided to uninstall this software, but I want to do it from terminal since I love it, and make me understand how things work from a low level.
tv-setup install because my plan is to keep the Host version alive, and while there were no dependencies listed as required, it doesn't seem to run, launching it doesn't do anything (or appear to do anything) Note that I can check the status of the daemon and it is indeed.
Now let me introduce you guys to my simple problem. Sorry for the late response, I didn't see this notification :/ I'm back to trying to get this working. Practice, practice and practice and one day you will feel the joy of using the terminal for almost everything. Have you ever used your terminal to uninstall your programs in your ubuntu machine? It is not that hard! Terminal is real power and you need to learn it.