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x219c
Luminary
Mar 28, 2016
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Uninstall apps through SSH?

Hello everyone, I am having problems with an app, and I'd like to uninstall and reinstall it. Unfortunately, the uninstall fails when I try from frontview. I figured if I could uninstall it using SS...
  • x219c's avatar
    Mar 28, 2016

    I think I got it figured out...

     

    I SSH'd in as root and ran 

    apt-get purge sickrage

     

    Then:

    cd apps

    rm sickrage -r

     

    This appears to have fully removed the app.I would imagine this could be used on pretty much any app... Hope this helps someone!

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