How to remove ubufox extension from Ubuntu

Additional to all the other settings upon installation, also remove ubufox, if required as follows: Open a terminal window and enter: $ sudo apt-get purge xul-ext-ubufox* <enter>

Stop avahi-daemon in Ubuntu Linux

To stop the avahi-daemon in Ubuntu Linux, open a terminal window and enter the command below: $ sudo service avahi-daemon disable <enter> To remove avahi-daemon altogether, enter the following command: $ sudo apt-get purge avahi-daemon <enter> Or in Ubuntu 18.10, to stop the service from starting, enter the following command: $ sudo chkconfig avahi-daemon off … Continue reading Stop avahi-daemon in Ubuntu Linux →

Disable video, music, file lenses in Ubuntu 12.04 Linux

Your Ubuntu computer connects without your knowledge to some unknown servers. These servers are intended to enable the unity lens applications like music, video, music-store. To get rid of some of these services, you should remove unwanted lenses, using the below commands in a terminal window: $ sudo apt-get purge unity-lens-music unity-lens-video unity-lens-files unity-lens-musicstore <enter> … Continue reading Disable video, music, file lenses in Ubuntu 12.04 Linux →

Remove or Purge package in Ubuntu

Ubuntu offers two options to remove packages. When you remove packages, you only remove the packages, but not their configuration files. Enter the following command to remove a package in a terminal window. $ sudo apt-get remove packagename <enter> When you purge packages, you remove the packages and their configuration files. Enter the command below … Continue reading Remove or Purge package in Ubuntu →

Remove Rhythmbox completely from Ubuntu

Start up a terminal window in Ubuntu. Enter the commands below. $ sudo apt-get purge rhythmbox <enter> $ sudo apt-get autoremove <enter> This will remove rhythmbox completely. You will not see it in the Sound Settings menu in the system tray too.