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

[Dave Woyciesjes]

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
>
>   
Computer Janitor should be able to pick it up too. Just be careful what 
is chosen to be removed...

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