Remove a software on Debian 9

Asked Jun 16 '20 at 07:11

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I would like to remove the Network manager's binary on Debian 9. This software is called nm-applet. nm-applet is contained in the PATH. However if I try to remove this software, it is not found. In order to remove the software I use the following command:

sudo apt remove nm-applet

The package is not found is displayed as an output of the run command. Does anybody know why the package is not found if executing the above named command.

edited Jun 16 '20 at 11:38

asked Jun 16 '20 at 07:11

birdman

Does this answer your question? How to find out which (not installed) Debian package a file belongs to? Note "not installed" in this case means "not necessarily installed". – Kamil Maciorowski Jun 16 '20 at 07:14
Plus the question itself gives you dpkg --search …. – Kamil Maciorowski Jun 16 '20 at 07:20
@KamilMaciorowski I am not searching for a solution on how to find for the binary. Instead I am wondering why the binary cannot be removed if the "sudo apt remove nm-applet" is run. I updated the question to make it clearer. – birdman Jun 16 '20 at 11:35
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Because the nm-applet binary is not from nm-applet package. There is no such package. Run dpkg --search /usr/bin/nm-applet or apt-file search bin/nm-applet and find the right package. – Kamil Maciorowski Jun 16 '20 at 11:41

Remove a software on Debian 9

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