Thread: [Question] Listing all installed software
View Single Post
noetus is offline noetus
2011-12-15 , 15:16
Posts: 359 | Thanked: 162 times | Joined on Jan 2011 @ Budapest
#1
I prefer to use

Code:
apt-get remove --purge <app-name>
from the command line rather than the application manager to remove applications, as that way I know all traces of the program will be removed.

However sometimes it is an issue finding the right <app-name>. Right now I have one of those annoying pseudo-apps created by someone using the Ovi App Wizard installed and I want for dear life to get rid of it. The title of it is "Forex Trends &amp; Currency Ne" (yes just like that) and I have tried a few methods for finding out this app's name:

(1) Looking in Settings > Applications > Manage Applications to find out information about the app. No information as to its name there.

(2) Tried

Code:
dpkg -l > list
and searching the file "list" for any names with "forex" in the name; no luck.

(3) Tried

Code:
dpkg --get-selections >list2
and again searching the file "list2" presented no obvious solution.

Is there some general method we can use, knowing an application's title, to get its name?