this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2023
11 points (86.7% liked)

Linux

48141 readers
479 users here now

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

my copy of Vivaldi seems to be terminally broken but everything i have tried to remove doesn't work. after using the scudo purge it is still in my start menu and it stills boots up in a broken state

what do i do to remove completely and try a fresh install

Ok i got it fixed I just need to remove vivaldi and clear the local cache.

top 20 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Please include name of your distribution.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

sudo apt purge vivaldi-stable Then, as yourself (not root): rm -rf ${HOME}/.cache/vivaldi ${HOME}/.config/vivaldi

That removes the package, and your personal stored config and cache of the browser. NOTE: rm -rf is permanent without a backup or snapshot to restore from. Don't delete these unless you are certain you want to.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ok thank you so much that did fix it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ok how do I make I'm myself not at the root level

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Open a new terminal and you should be fine. When using sudo you get root level access.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do you have synaptic in your applications?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

i don't think so

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From what did you install deb package, flatpak or snap.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you sure the deb didn't quietly install a snap package? The last time I tried, it tried to wget a .snap from api.snapcraft.io.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

i downloaded from the vilvaldi web site a. dab file

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, so did I. And after the deb finished installing, my firewall showed it wget a snap.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

how do i check the snap list?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

just type "snap list" in terminal