Once installed cannot uninstall PureOS app from the store. I assume these are flatpacks but flatpack commands in the terminal do not work.
Ideas how to get rid of apps installed manually?
e.g. uninstall Evolution
Once installed cannot uninstall PureOS app from the store. I assume these are flatpacks but flatpack commands in the terminal do not work.
Ideas how to get rid of apps installed manually?
e.g. uninstall Evolution
If you installed at the shell with
apt install package
then uninstall at the shell with
apt remove package
(remove software but keep any related system configuration or settings)
or
apt purge package
(remove software and related system configuration or settings)
actually installed on poureos store thats what is confusing. the pureos store says no packages to remove even though it shows as installed eg “Evolution”
If you have Librem 5 Goodies installed (do you?) then (on my phone) that depends on parts of Evolution.
Probably best to leave it.
i have goodies installed, for some reason though nothing uninstalls, that was just an example, “Password Safe” also doesnt uninstall.
I guess: Find out the exact package name and use one of the above apt
commands. At least you might get a clearer idea of why it doesn’t want to uninstall, if it still refuses to.
That worked for me, it would be nice if the PureOS store made it easier to see which apps can be uninstalled from within the pureos store and which require apt terminal function.
I haven’t looked under the covers but I would guess that
We also have to allow the possibility that what you are experiencing is just a bug.
The PureOS Store is not very good, needs work. Thoughts so far, of the current version…
I want to add some further issues:
Another question:
Is it possible to purge PureOS Store without crashing the system because of its dependencies? I tried apt remove instead apt purge and also saw a lot of necessary apps which will be removed too. So, finally I decided not to delete it.
Hey there,
I could resolve the last point of my old post. You can find the problem here: GNOME Control Center - No Applications
The solution is to install malcontent: sudo apt update && sudo apt install malcontent
My system at the moment of the problem: PureOS Byzantinum + Kernel 6.1 + gnome-control-center 38.4-1pureos7
Sadly I have not found any solution for the other two points I marked in my old post. See what the future brings…Maybe some app upgrades in PureOS itself XD