Thread: Intsall DEB files with new firmware
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Rob1n is offline Rob1n
2010-01-26 , 16:09
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Originally Posted by wakkamis View Post
How do people learn if they dont do things? It's like saying "the first step toward failure is trying." While true, trying is also the first step towards success.
Generally speaking, research is the way to learn, not trying blindly.

Originally Posted by wakkamis View Post
I tried the "dpkg -r package.deb" to remove an app I installed this way and got the message "dpkg: you must specify packages by their own names, not quoting the names of the files they come in."

So how can I find the name of a specific package to remove it?

The package in question is the VLC player. I got the files from : http://www.remlab.net/files/vlc/fremantle/

I know its very much a work in progress, so I wasnt expecting much.
The UI is a mess and Mplayer runs much better than it at the moment. Just want to know how to remove it since it dosnt show up in the app manager.


Thanks
I'd guess it'll be called "vlc", so "dpkg -r vlc". If you've got the deb file, the package name should be the first part, before the version number and file extension. You can also use "apt-cache search" to try to find package names.
 

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