How do you remove twinkle in Linux / UNIX using apt-get command?
Here is the tutorial to learn how to uninstall twinkle with apt-get command.
Step 1: Open a terminal with 'su' access and enter the command as shown below.
apt-get remove twinkle -y
Step 2: The command reads the package lists and proceeds with the uninstallation.
Result of the Command Execution shown below:
root@hiox:~ apt-get remove twinkle -y
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libusbip0 libsm dev menu syslinux python3 minimal libtwolame0
libnet ssleay perl libjargs java xfonts 75dpi libzbar0 rpm2cpio
libxml sax perl libchewing3 data libice dev libterm progressbar perl
libexporter lite perl libdigest sha1 perl fakeroot libxrandr dev
libnet ip perl xfonts scalable libexpat1 dev libiw dev squashfs tools
unetbootin translations libnet dns perl libxdamage dev libxml sax expat perl
libpthread stubs0 scim bridge client gtk libotr2 gfxboot libxml perl
libxnee0 libsvga1 libzrtpcpp 1.4 0 libossp uuid perl libxfixes dev g++ 4.4
libemail find perl libvarnish1 liblog tracemessages perl ttf dustin
libzend framework php libcrypt ssleay perl libnspr4 dev
libxcb render util0 dev libax25 scim modules table
language pack zh hant base x11proto xinerama dev libdca0 libx86 1
libxmltv perl x11proto render dev libxi dev xmms2 plugin pulse java common
libhtml fromtext perl libunicode string perl librpmio0
xubuntu plymouth theme librpm0 libmagick++2 rpm common
libxml namespacesupport perl libxnconfig9.0.5 libterm readkey perl
libiso9660 7 libpixman 1 dev libcddb2 lxde common usb creator gtk
libdirectfb extra java wrappers python urlgrabber libass4 libxml libxml perl
scim znc tcl g++ libfontconfig1 dev libfcgi perl pidgin data libscim8c2a
libccrtp1 1.7 0 firefox locale zh hans libvde0 libhttp server simple perl
firefox locale zh hant python3.1 libnss3 dev xorg docs core x11proto kb dev
x11proto randr dev libdvbpsi5 libxinerama dev gcc 4.4
libdatetime timezone perl xmltv util libfile slurp perl libxosd2 xtrans dev
libatk1.0 dev libsexy2 libchewing3 libmenu cache1 libbabl 0.0 0 libx264 85
libgegl 0.0 0 libelf1 libforms1 libvlc2 xubuntu artwork libsdl image1.2
libtext bidi perl blt x11proto input dev xmms2 plugin id3v2 libenca0
libsoap lite perl libclass methodmaker perl python sqlitecachec
x11proto fixes dev gnome extra icons cnee python rpm xubuntu wallpapers
libwww mechanize perl vlc nox gcc xpdf reader cvs linux headers 2.6.32 74
libggi2 libxml writer perl libparams validate perl libgtkimageview0
linux headers 2.6.32 74 generic zend framework bin libreadline5 libgii1
libupnp3 x11proto xext dev libmatroska0 libxext dev libswt gtk 3.5 jni
scim gtk2 immodule znc perl x11proto damage dev linux headers generic rsync
libdatetime format strptime perl manpages liba52 0.7.4 libdatetime perl
libnotify dev libglib2.0 dev libswt cairo gtk 3.5 jni zlib1g dev lesstif2
liblzo2 2 libxml regexp perl desktop base python sqlite libcairo2 dev
xfonts 100dpi lxmenu data xmms2 plugin alsa liberror perl libzzip 0 13
libdatetime locale perl tcl libpango1.0 dev libfreetype6 dev libdvdnav4
build essential libxau dev dpkg dev rpm libgii1 target x librpmbuild0
xfce4 power manager data libxmmsclient6 libtask weaken perl libdvdread4
scim bridge agent gimp libnet domain tld perl tcl8.5 pinyin database
xmms2 core libgimp2.0 gnumeric common python3 ttf arphic bsmi00lp
libregexp common perl xz utils ibus pinyin db open phrase libc6 dbg
libsidplay1 libemail valid perl language pack zh hans base python3.1 minimal
usb creator common libc ares2 libc6 dev libxml libxslt perl tk8.5
liblua5.1 0 libxcomposite dev libxcb render0 dev libxrender dev
xmms2 plugin vorbis libxmmsclient glib1 liblingua preferred perl libmad0
xorg lxpanel ttf arphic gbsn00lp libccgnu2 1.7 0 pmount libid3tag0 html2text
libopencore amrnb0 vlc data xmms2 plugin mad libxft dev libx11 dev
liblist moreutils perl libtar libqt3 mt x11proto composite dev
linux libc dev patch manpages dev xvfb language pack zh hans
libboost regex1.40.0 language pack zh hant vzquota libruby1.8 info
libggi target x libdbus 1 dev libswt gtk 3.5 java libc dev bin
libnet libidn perl murrine themes libxcb1 dev libimlib2 libvala0
libgtk2.0 dev libmail sendmail perl gimp data libdirectfb dev libvlccore2
binutils libjpeg62 dev znc extra libvcdinfo0 libio socket ssl perl
libdbus glib 1 dev libebml0 libossp uuid16 libsys hostname long perl
libxml dom perl libopencore amrwb0 openbsd inetd xmms2 icon
libclass singleton perl libnet1 x11proto core dev xmms2 client cli
libemail address perl libdigest hmac perl xmms2 client nycli libxdmcp dev
libhtml tableextract perl libpthread stubs0 dev libsysfs dev libxcursor dev
libmpeg2 4 gnumeric doc xpdf common vlc plugin pulse libxine1 ffmpeg
scim modules socket libvdeplug2 libstdc++6 4.4 dev
libhttp cache transparent perl libfaad2 libswt mozilla gtk 3.5 jni
libpng12 dev
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
twinkle
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
After this operation, 4719kB disk space will be freed.
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Removing twinkle ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for man db ...
Processing triggers for desktop file utils ...
Processing triggers for python gmenu ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.POSIX.cache...
Processing triggers for python support ...
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