Why is this package not removed with apt-get remove?
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I have:
~$ dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia
rc libnvidia-compute-396:i386 396.54-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 i386 NVIDIA libcompute package
When I do:
~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge libnvidia-*
this package is not removed?
Other "libnvidia" package is removed with this command, this one for example:
rc libnvidia-compute-390:amd64 390.48-0ubuntu3 amd64 NVIDIA libcompute package
In the remove log it says:
Package 'libnvidia-compute-396' is not installed, so not removed. Did you mean 'libnvidia-compute-396:i386'?
And when I remove it with full name it gets removed.
apt package-management 18.04
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I have:
~$ dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia
rc libnvidia-compute-396:i386 396.54-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 i386 NVIDIA libcompute package
When I do:
~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge libnvidia-*
this package is not removed?
Other "libnvidia" package is removed with this command, this one for example:
rc libnvidia-compute-390:amd64 390.48-0ubuntu3 amd64 NVIDIA libcompute package
In the remove log it says:
Package 'libnvidia-compute-396' is not installed, so not removed. Did you mean 'libnvidia-compute-396:i386'?
And when I remove it with full name it gets removed.
apt package-management 18.04
asked 2 days ago
croraf
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I have:
~$ dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia
rc libnvidia-compute-396:i386 396.54-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 i386 NVIDIA libcompute package
When I do:
~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge libnvidia-*
this package is not removed?
Other "libnvidia" package is removed with this command, this one for example:
rc libnvidia-compute-390:amd64 390.48-0ubuntu3 amd64 NVIDIA libcompute package
In the remove log it says:
Package 'libnvidia-compute-396' is not installed, so not removed. Did you mean 'libnvidia-compute-396:i386'?
And when I remove it with full name it gets removed.
apt package-management 18.04
asked 2 days ago
croraf
123114
I have:
~$ dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia
rc libnvidia-compute-396:i386 396.54-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 i386 NVIDIA libcompute package
When I do:
~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge libnvidia-*
this package is not removed?
Other "libnvidia" package is removed with this command, this one for example:
rc libnvidia-compute-390:amd64 390.48-0ubuntu3 amd64 NVIDIA libcompute package
In the remove log it says:
Package 'libnvidia-compute-396' is not installed, so not removed. Did you mean 'libnvidia-compute-396:i386'?
And when I remove it with full name it gets removed.
apt package-management 18.04
apt package-management 18.04
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Apt (or, rather dpkg) operates on the default architecture by, well, default. From the output it looks like i386 is not your default architecture, so you have to specify it. For example, see the Debian Multiarch HOWTO, which shows you have to specify the foreign architecture for both installing and removing such packages.
You could do:
sudo apt-get remove --purge 'libnvidia-.*:i386'
(Note that apt doesn't use wildcards, but regex. See apt-get remove with wildcard removed way more than expected. why?)
answered 2 days ago
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I was following this answer: askubuntu.com/a/206289/754424. It looks like the answer should really state "sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-.*" instead of "sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-*"? Note the dot before *.
– croraf
2 days ago
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The way it works is,aptmatches across the full package name - so if you wanted to remove all packages that hadnvidiaanywhere in the package name, that still works (because the regex-*matches the empty string as well). So that particular mistake might be harmless, but still worth fixing.
– Elayne
2 days ago
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Apt (or, rather dpkg) operates on the default architecture by, well, default. From the output it looks like i386 is not your default architecture, so you have to specify it. For example, see the Debian Multiarch HOWTO, which shows you have to specify the foreign architecture for both installing and removing such packages.
You could do:
sudo apt-get remove --purge 'libnvidia-.*:i386'
(Note that apt doesn't use wildcards, but regex. See apt-get remove with wildcard removed way more than expected. why?)
answered 2 days ago
Elayne
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I was following this answer: askubuntu.com/a/206289/754424. It looks like the answer should really state "sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-.*" instead of "sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-*"? Note the dot before *.
– croraf
2 days ago
1
The way it works is,aptmatches across the full package name - so if you wanted to remove all packages that hadnvidiaanywhere in the package name, that still works (because the regex-*matches the empty string as well). So that particular mistake might be harmless, but still worth fixing.
– Elayne
2 days ago
add a comment |
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2
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Apt (or, rather dpkg) operates on the default architecture by, well, default. From the output it looks like i386 is not your default architecture, so you have to specify it. For example, see the Debian Multiarch HOWTO, which shows you have to specify the foreign architecture for both installing and removing such packages.
You could do:
sudo apt-get remove --purge 'libnvidia-.*:i386'
(Note that apt doesn't use wildcards, but regex. See apt-get remove with wildcard removed way more than expected. why?)
answered 2 days ago
Elayne
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I was following this answer: askubuntu.com/a/206289/754424. It looks like the answer should really state "sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-.*" instead of "sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-*"? Note the dot before *.
– croraf
2 days ago
1
The way it works is,aptmatches across the full package name - so if you wanted to remove all packages that hadnvidiaanywhere in the package name, that still works (because the regex-*matches the empty string as well). So that particular mistake might be harmless, but still worth fixing.
– Elayne
2 days ago
add a comment |
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2
down vote
up vote
2
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Apt (or, rather dpkg) operates on the default architecture by, well, default. From the output it looks like i386 is not your default architecture, so you have to specify it. For example, see the Debian Multiarch HOWTO, which shows you have to specify the foreign architecture for both installing and removing such packages.
You could do:
sudo apt-get remove --purge 'libnvidia-.*:i386'
(Note that apt doesn't use wildcards, but regex. See apt-get remove with wildcard removed way more than expected. why?)
answered 2 days ago
Elayne
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Apt (or, rather dpkg) operates on the default architecture by, well, default. From the output it looks like i386 is not your default architecture, so you have to specify it. For example, see the Debian Multiarch HOWTO, which shows you have to specify the foreign architecture for both installing and removing such packages.
You could do:
sudo apt-get remove --purge 'libnvidia-.*:i386'
(Note that apt doesn't use wildcards, but regex. See apt-get remove with wildcard removed way more than expected. why?)
answered 2 days ago
Elayne
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answered 2 days ago
Elayne
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answered 2 days ago
Elayne
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answered 2 days ago
Elayne
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I was following this answer: askubuntu.com/a/206289/754424. It looks like the answer should really state "sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-.*" instead of "sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-*"? Note the dot before *.
– croraf
2 days ago
1
The way it works is,aptmatches across the full package name - so if you wanted to remove all packages that hadnvidiaanywhere in the package name, that still works (because the regex-*matches the empty string as well). So that particular mistake might be harmless, but still worth fixing.
– Elayne
2 days ago
add a comment |
I was following this answer: askubuntu.com/a/206289/754424. It looks like the answer should really state "sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-.*" instead of "sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-*"? Note the dot before *.
– croraf
2 days ago
1
The way it works is,aptmatches across the full package name - so if you wanted to remove all packages that hadnvidiaanywhere in the package name, that still works (because the regex-*matches the empty string as well). So that particular mistake might be harmless, but still worth fixing.
– Elayne
2 days ago
I was following this answer: askubuntu.com/a/206289/754424. It looks like the answer should really state "sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-.*" instead of "sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-*"? Note the dot before *.
– croraf
2 days ago
I was following this answer: askubuntu.com/a/206289/754424. It looks like the answer should really state "sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-.*" instead of "sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-*"? Note the dot before *.
– croraf
2 days ago
1
1
The way it works is,
apt matches across the full package name - so if you wanted to remove all packages that had nvidia anywhere in the package name, that still works (because the regex -* matches the empty string as well). So that particular mistake might be harmless, but still worth fixing.– Elayne
2 days ago
The way it works is,
apt matches across the full package name - so if you wanted to remove all packages that had nvidia anywhere in the package name, that still works (because the regex -* matches the empty string as well). So that particular mistake might be harmless, but still worth fixing.– Elayne
2 days ago
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