Libreoffice folder still in lib after uninstall

Asked Jun 17 '21 at 15:00

Active Jun 17 '21 at 16:32

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I uninstalled LibreOffice using:

sudo apt remove --purge libreoffice

on Ubuntu 21.04, but when I look at my lib folder, there is still a folder libreoffice with binaries, libraries, etc. When I try to remove libreoffice again using apt, it claims that LibreOffice is not installed.

Is apt lying to me? Also, how can I completely remove LibreOffice?

edited Jun 17 '21 at 16:32

BeastOfCaerbannog

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asked Jun 17 '21 at 15:00

sadkfdsfjklsdfjklds

you need to use lbreoffice* instead. Without the asterisk it merely removes the (empty) meta-package libreoffice, nothing that was installed because of it. – ChanganAuto Jun 17 '21 at 15:09
@ChaganAuto Thank you, that solved the issue (and explains why the folder was still there). – sadkfdsfjklsdfjklds Jun 17 '21 at 15:23
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Possibly related: Why does removing a “metapackage” not remove the dependencies which it installed? – steeldriver Jun 17 '21 at 15:36

Libreoffice folder still in lib after uninstall

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