If I install something from a .deb, how to remove it?

[arshad]

On Thu, 2010-06-03 at 01:31 +0800, Goh Lip wrote:
> On 06/03/2010 01:20 AM, arshad wrote:
> > If I installed something from software center, i can go back there,
> > search for it and can remove it.
> >
> > but if I install something from a .deb package, how can I remove it?
> >
> > eg. I have installed Oracle VM box from a .deb I downloaded.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> sudo dpkg -r packagename
> 
> Regards - Goh Lip
> 


Thanks Goh Lip,
how can i get the correct package name?
like oracle-vm-box or just oracle vm-box or oracle vm box etc....

thanks.