Options for uninstalling a package when apt and dpkg dont work?

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I had problems with Google Earth, so I followed this link's recommendations, which had me installing the googleearth-package package. I'm new to Ubuntu, so mid installation I got cold feet (not really understanding what I was installing or whether doing it was safe) and aborted it here:



Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree 
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
 build-essential dpkg-dev fakeroot g++ g++-7 gcc gcc-7
 gcc-8-base:i386 libalgorithm-diff-perl libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl
 libalgorithm-merge-perl libasan4 libasn1-8-heimdal:i386 libatomic1
 libc-dev-bin libc6:i386 libc6-dev libcilkrts5 libcom-err2:i386
 libdb5.3:i386 libfakeroot libffi6:i386 libgcc-7-dev libgcc1:i386
 libgmp10:i386 libgnutls30:i386 libgssapi3-heimdal:i386
 libhcrypto4-heimdal:i386 libheimbase1-heimdal:i386
 libheimntlm0-heimdal:i386 libhogweed4:i386 libhx509-5-heimdal:i386
 libidn2-0:i386 libitm1 libkrb5-26-heimdal:i386 libldap-2.4-2:i386
 liblsan0 libmpx2 libnettle6:i386 libp11-kit0:i386 libquadmath0
 libroken18-heimdal:i386 libsasl2-2:i386 libsasl2-modules:i386
 libsasl2-modules-db:i386 libsqlite3-0:i386 libssl1.1:i386
 libstdc++-7-dev libtasn1-6:i386 libtsan0 libubsan0
 libunistring2:i386 libwind0-heimdal:i386 linux-libc-dev make
 manpages-dev zlib1g:i386
Suggested packages:
 debian-keyring g++-multilib g++-7-multilib gcc-7-doc
 libstdc++6-7-dbg gcc-multilib autoconf automake libtool flex bison
 gcc-doc gcc-7-multilib gcc-7-locales libgcc1-dbg libgomp1-dbg
 libitm1-dbg libatomic1-dbg libasan4-dbg liblsan0-dbg libtsan0-dbg
 libubsan0-dbg libcilkrts5-dbg libmpx2-dbg libquadmath0-dbg
 glibc-doc:i386 locales:i386 glibc-doc gnutls-bin:i386
 libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit:i386
 | libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal:i386 libsasl2-modules-ldap:i386
 libsasl2-modules-otp:i386 libsasl2-modules-sql:i386
 libstdc++-7-doc make-doc
Recommended packages:
 libgnutls26:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
 build-essential dpkg-dev fakeroot g++ g++-7 gcc gcc-7
 gcc-8-base:i386 googleearth-package libalgorithm-diff-perl
 libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl libalgorithm-merge-perl libasan4
 libasn1-8-heimdal:i386 libatomic1 libc-dev-bin libc6:i386
 libc6-dev libcilkrts5 libcom-err2:i386 libdb5.3:i386 libfakeroot
 libffi6:i386 libgcc-7-dev libgcc1:i386 libgmp10:i386
 libgnutls30:i386 libgssapi3-heimdal:i386 libhcrypto4-heimdal:i386
 libheimbase1-heimdal:i386 libheimntlm0-heimdal:i386
 libhogweed4:i386 libhx509-5-heimdal:i386 libidn2-0:i386 libitm1
 libkrb5-26-heimdal:i386 libldap-2.4-2:i386 liblsan0 libmpx2
 libnettle6:i386 libp11-kit0:i386 libquadmath0
 libroken18-heimdal:i386 libsasl2-2:i386 libsasl2-modules:i386
 libsasl2-modules-db:i386 libsqlite3-0:i386 libssl1.1:i386
 libstdc++-7-dev libtasn1-6:i386 libtsan0 libubsan0
 libunistring2:i386 libwind0-heimdal:i386 linux-libc-dev make
 manpages-dev zlib1g:i386
0 upgraded, 58 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 34.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 146 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n 
Abort.


So my next step was to uninstall whatever did get installed before I aborted; so I did this:



sudo dpkg -P googleearth-package


And I got this:



dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove googleearth-package which isn't installed


So I tried:



apt list 'googleearth*'
Listing... Done
googleearth-package/bionic,bionic 1.2.2 all


So then:



apt remove googleearth-package
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?


And then I didn't know what else to do so I came for your help, please.



Thanks.




apt package-management dpkg uninstall google-earth




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    it doesn't look like you actually installed anything - what does apt list --installed 'googleearth-package' or apt-cache policy 'googleearth-package' say?
    – steeldriver
    Jun 10 at 21:01










  • It says: Listing... Done - but what about this: googleearth-package/bionic,bionic 1.2.2 all that I get with apt list 'googleearth-package'
    – Rotsknoll
    Jun 10 at 21:13











  • Without the --installed flag, apt list will list packages that are available - not just those that are installed
    – steeldriver
    Jun 10 at 21:15










  • Ok thanks a lot. So if the dpkg is aborted it doesn't install anything? Is this a rule or it depends on something else? I apologize in advance for the low level questions, I'm really new to this.
    – Rotsknoll
    Jun 10 at 21:24






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    Possible duplicate of Permission denied, are you root?
    – karel
    Jun 23 at 3:51














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I had problems with Google Earth, so I followed this link's recommendations, which had me installing the googleearth-package package. I'm new to Ubuntu, so mid installation I got cold feet (not really understanding what I was installing or whether doing it was safe) and aborted it here:



Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree 
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
 build-essential dpkg-dev fakeroot g++ g++-7 gcc gcc-7
 gcc-8-base:i386 libalgorithm-diff-perl libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl
 libalgorithm-merge-perl libasan4 libasn1-8-heimdal:i386 libatomic1
 libc-dev-bin libc6:i386 libc6-dev libcilkrts5 libcom-err2:i386
 libdb5.3:i386 libfakeroot libffi6:i386 libgcc-7-dev libgcc1:i386
 libgmp10:i386 libgnutls30:i386 libgssapi3-heimdal:i386
 libhcrypto4-heimdal:i386 libheimbase1-heimdal:i386
 libheimntlm0-heimdal:i386 libhogweed4:i386 libhx509-5-heimdal:i386
 libidn2-0:i386 libitm1 libkrb5-26-heimdal:i386 libldap-2.4-2:i386
 liblsan0 libmpx2 libnettle6:i386 libp11-kit0:i386 libquadmath0
 libroken18-heimdal:i386 libsasl2-2:i386 libsasl2-modules:i386
 libsasl2-modules-db:i386 libsqlite3-0:i386 libssl1.1:i386
 libstdc++-7-dev libtasn1-6:i386 libtsan0 libubsan0
 libunistring2:i386 libwind0-heimdal:i386 linux-libc-dev make
 manpages-dev zlib1g:i386
Suggested packages:
 debian-keyring g++-multilib g++-7-multilib gcc-7-doc
 libstdc++6-7-dbg gcc-multilib autoconf automake libtool flex bison
 gcc-doc gcc-7-multilib gcc-7-locales libgcc1-dbg libgomp1-dbg
 libitm1-dbg libatomic1-dbg libasan4-dbg liblsan0-dbg libtsan0-dbg
 libubsan0-dbg libcilkrts5-dbg libmpx2-dbg libquadmath0-dbg
 glibc-doc:i386 locales:i386 glibc-doc gnutls-bin:i386
 libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit:i386
 | libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal:i386 libsasl2-modules-ldap:i386
 libsasl2-modules-otp:i386 libsasl2-modules-sql:i386
 libstdc++-7-doc make-doc
Recommended packages:
 libgnutls26:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
 build-essential dpkg-dev fakeroot g++ g++-7 gcc gcc-7
 gcc-8-base:i386 googleearth-package libalgorithm-diff-perl
 libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl libalgorithm-merge-perl libasan4
 libasn1-8-heimdal:i386 libatomic1 libc-dev-bin libc6:i386
 libc6-dev libcilkrts5 libcom-err2:i386 libdb5.3:i386 libfakeroot
 libffi6:i386 libgcc-7-dev libgcc1:i386 libgmp10:i386
 libgnutls30:i386 libgssapi3-heimdal:i386 libhcrypto4-heimdal:i386
 libheimbase1-heimdal:i386 libheimntlm0-heimdal:i386
 libhogweed4:i386 libhx509-5-heimdal:i386 libidn2-0:i386 libitm1
 libkrb5-26-heimdal:i386 libldap-2.4-2:i386 liblsan0 libmpx2
 libnettle6:i386 libp11-kit0:i386 libquadmath0
 libroken18-heimdal:i386 libsasl2-2:i386 libsasl2-modules:i386
 libsasl2-modules-db:i386 libsqlite3-0:i386 libssl1.1:i386
 libstdc++-7-dev libtasn1-6:i386 libtsan0 libubsan0
 libunistring2:i386 libwind0-heimdal:i386 linux-libc-dev make
 manpages-dev zlib1g:i386
0 upgraded, 58 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 34.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 146 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n 
Abort.


So my next step was to uninstall whatever did get installed before I aborted; so I did this:



sudo dpkg -P googleearth-package


And I got this:



dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove googleearth-package which isn't installed


So I tried:



apt list 'googleearth*'
Listing... Done
googleearth-package/bionic,bionic 1.2.2 all


So then:



apt remove googleearth-package
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?


And then I didn't know what else to do so I came for your help, please.



Thanks.




apt package-management dpkg uninstall google-earth




share|improve this question















  • 1




    it doesn't look like you actually installed anything - what does apt list --installed 'googleearth-package' or apt-cache policy 'googleearth-package' say?
    – steeldriver
    Jun 10 at 21:01










  • It says: Listing... Done - but what about this: googleearth-package/bionic,bionic 1.2.2 all that I get with apt list 'googleearth-package'
    – Rotsknoll
    Jun 10 at 21:13











  • Without the --installed flag, apt list will list packages that are available - not just those that are installed
    – steeldriver
    Jun 10 at 21:15










  • Ok thanks a lot. So if the dpkg is aborted it doesn't install anything? Is this a rule or it depends on something else? I apologize in advance for the low level questions, I'm really new to this.
    – Rotsknoll
    Jun 10 at 21:24






  • 1




    Possible duplicate of Permission denied, are you root?
    – karel
    Jun 23 at 3:51












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down vote

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I had problems with Google Earth, so I followed this link's recommendations, which had me installing the googleearth-package package. I'm new to Ubuntu, so mid installation I got cold feet (not really understanding what I was installing or whether doing it was safe) and aborted it here:



Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree 
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
 build-essential dpkg-dev fakeroot g++ g++-7 gcc gcc-7
 gcc-8-base:i386 libalgorithm-diff-perl libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl
 libalgorithm-merge-perl libasan4 libasn1-8-heimdal:i386 libatomic1
 libc-dev-bin libc6:i386 libc6-dev libcilkrts5 libcom-err2:i386
 libdb5.3:i386 libfakeroot libffi6:i386 libgcc-7-dev libgcc1:i386
 libgmp10:i386 libgnutls30:i386 libgssapi3-heimdal:i386
 libhcrypto4-heimdal:i386 libheimbase1-heimdal:i386
 libheimntlm0-heimdal:i386 libhogweed4:i386 libhx509-5-heimdal:i386
 libidn2-0:i386 libitm1 libkrb5-26-heimdal:i386 libldap-2.4-2:i386
 liblsan0 libmpx2 libnettle6:i386 libp11-kit0:i386 libquadmath0
 libroken18-heimdal:i386 libsasl2-2:i386 libsasl2-modules:i386
 libsasl2-modules-db:i386 libsqlite3-0:i386 libssl1.1:i386
 libstdc++-7-dev libtasn1-6:i386 libtsan0 libubsan0
 libunistring2:i386 libwind0-heimdal:i386 linux-libc-dev make
 manpages-dev zlib1g:i386
Suggested packages:
 debian-keyring g++-multilib g++-7-multilib gcc-7-doc
 libstdc++6-7-dbg gcc-multilib autoconf automake libtool flex bison
 gcc-doc gcc-7-multilib gcc-7-locales libgcc1-dbg libgomp1-dbg
 libitm1-dbg libatomic1-dbg libasan4-dbg liblsan0-dbg libtsan0-dbg
 libubsan0-dbg libcilkrts5-dbg libmpx2-dbg libquadmath0-dbg
 glibc-doc:i386 locales:i386 glibc-doc gnutls-bin:i386
 libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit:i386
 | libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal:i386 libsasl2-modules-ldap:i386
 libsasl2-modules-otp:i386 libsasl2-modules-sql:i386
 libstdc++-7-doc make-doc
Recommended packages:
 libgnutls26:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
 build-essential dpkg-dev fakeroot g++ g++-7 gcc gcc-7
 gcc-8-base:i386 googleearth-package libalgorithm-diff-perl
 libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl libalgorithm-merge-perl libasan4
 libasn1-8-heimdal:i386 libatomic1 libc-dev-bin libc6:i386
 libc6-dev libcilkrts5 libcom-err2:i386 libdb5.3:i386 libfakeroot
 libffi6:i386 libgcc-7-dev libgcc1:i386 libgmp10:i386
 libgnutls30:i386 libgssapi3-heimdal:i386 libhcrypto4-heimdal:i386
 libheimbase1-heimdal:i386 libheimntlm0-heimdal:i386
 libhogweed4:i386 libhx509-5-heimdal:i386 libidn2-0:i386 libitm1
 libkrb5-26-heimdal:i386 libldap-2.4-2:i386 liblsan0 libmpx2
 libnettle6:i386 libp11-kit0:i386 libquadmath0
 libroken18-heimdal:i386 libsasl2-2:i386 libsasl2-modules:i386
 libsasl2-modules-db:i386 libsqlite3-0:i386 libssl1.1:i386
 libstdc++-7-dev libtasn1-6:i386 libtsan0 libubsan0
 libunistring2:i386 libwind0-heimdal:i386 linux-libc-dev make
 manpages-dev zlib1g:i386
0 upgraded, 58 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 34.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 146 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n 
Abort.


So my next step was to uninstall whatever did get installed before I aborted; so I did this:



sudo dpkg -P googleearth-package


And I got this:



dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove googleearth-package which isn't installed


So I tried:



apt list 'googleearth*'
Listing... Done
googleearth-package/bionic,bionic 1.2.2 all


So then:



apt remove googleearth-package
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?


And then I didn't know what else to do so I came for your help, please.



Thanks.




apt package-management dpkg uninstall google-earth




share|improve this question











I had problems with Google Earth, so I followed this link's recommendations, which had me installing the googleearth-package package. I'm new to Ubuntu, so mid installation I got cold feet (not really understanding what I was installing or whether doing it was safe) and aborted it here:



Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree 
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
 build-essential dpkg-dev fakeroot g++ g++-7 gcc gcc-7
 gcc-8-base:i386 libalgorithm-diff-perl libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl
 libalgorithm-merge-perl libasan4 libasn1-8-heimdal:i386 libatomic1
 libc-dev-bin libc6:i386 libc6-dev libcilkrts5 libcom-err2:i386
 libdb5.3:i386 libfakeroot libffi6:i386 libgcc-7-dev libgcc1:i386
 libgmp10:i386 libgnutls30:i386 libgssapi3-heimdal:i386
 libhcrypto4-heimdal:i386 libheimbase1-heimdal:i386
 libheimntlm0-heimdal:i386 libhogweed4:i386 libhx509-5-heimdal:i386
 libidn2-0:i386 libitm1 libkrb5-26-heimdal:i386 libldap-2.4-2:i386
 liblsan0 libmpx2 libnettle6:i386 libp11-kit0:i386 libquadmath0
 libroken18-heimdal:i386 libsasl2-2:i386 libsasl2-modules:i386
 libsasl2-modules-db:i386 libsqlite3-0:i386 libssl1.1:i386
 libstdc++-7-dev libtasn1-6:i386 libtsan0 libubsan0
 libunistring2:i386 libwind0-heimdal:i386 linux-libc-dev make
 manpages-dev zlib1g:i386
Suggested packages:
 debian-keyring g++-multilib g++-7-multilib gcc-7-doc
 libstdc++6-7-dbg gcc-multilib autoconf automake libtool flex bison
 gcc-doc gcc-7-multilib gcc-7-locales libgcc1-dbg libgomp1-dbg
 libitm1-dbg libatomic1-dbg libasan4-dbg liblsan0-dbg libtsan0-dbg
 libubsan0-dbg libcilkrts5-dbg libmpx2-dbg libquadmath0-dbg
 glibc-doc:i386 locales:i386 glibc-doc gnutls-bin:i386
 libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit:i386
 | libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal:i386 libsasl2-modules-ldap:i386
 libsasl2-modules-otp:i386 libsasl2-modules-sql:i386
 libstdc++-7-doc make-doc
Recommended packages:
 libgnutls26:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
 build-essential dpkg-dev fakeroot g++ g++-7 gcc gcc-7
 gcc-8-base:i386 googleearth-package libalgorithm-diff-perl
 libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl libalgorithm-merge-perl libasan4
 libasn1-8-heimdal:i386 libatomic1 libc-dev-bin libc6:i386
 libc6-dev libcilkrts5 libcom-err2:i386 libdb5.3:i386 libfakeroot
 libffi6:i386 libgcc-7-dev libgcc1:i386 libgmp10:i386
 libgnutls30:i386 libgssapi3-heimdal:i386 libhcrypto4-heimdal:i386
 libheimbase1-heimdal:i386 libheimntlm0-heimdal:i386
 libhogweed4:i386 libhx509-5-heimdal:i386 libidn2-0:i386 libitm1
 libkrb5-26-heimdal:i386 libldap-2.4-2:i386 liblsan0 libmpx2
 libnettle6:i386 libp11-kit0:i386 libquadmath0
 libroken18-heimdal:i386 libsasl2-2:i386 libsasl2-modules:i386
 libsasl2-modules-db:i386 libsqlite3-0:i386 libssl1.1:i386
 libstdc++-7-dev libtasn1-6:i386 libtsan0 libubsan0
 libunistring2:i386 libwind0-heimdal:i386 linux-libc-dev make
 manpages-dev zlib1g:i386
0 upgraded, 58 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 34.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 146 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n 
Abort.


So my next step was to uninstall whatever did get installed before I aborted; so I did this:



sudo dpkg -P googleearth-package


And I got this:



dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove googleearth-package which isn't installed


So I tried:



apt list 'googleearth*'
Listing... Done
googleearth-package/bionic,bionic 1.2.2 all


So then:



apt remove googleearth-package
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?


And then I didn't know what else to do so I came for your help, please.



Thanks.





apt package-management dpkg uninstall google-earth





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    it doesn't look like you actually installed anything - what does apt list --installed 'googleearth-package' or apt-cache policy 'googleearth-package' say?
    – steeldriver
    Jun 10 at 21:01










  • It says: Listing... Done - but what about this: googleearth-package/bionic,bionic 1.2.2 all that I get with apt list 'googleearth-package'
    – Rotsknoll
    Jun 10 at 21:13











  • Without the --installed flag, apt list will list packages that are available - not just those that are installed
    – steeldriver
    Jun 10 at 21:15










  • Ok thanks a lot. So if the dpkg is aborted it doesn't install anything? Is this a rule or it depends on something else? I apologize in advance for the low level questions, I'm really new to this.
    – Rotsknoll
    Jun 10 at 21:24






  • 1




    Possible duplicate of Permission denied, are you root?
    – karel
    Jun 23 at 3:51












  • 1




    it doesn't look like you actually installed anything - what does apt list --installed 'googleearth-package' or apt-cache policy 'googleearth-package' say?
    – steeldriver
    Jun 10 at 21:01










  • It says: Listing... Done - but what about this: googleearth-package/bionic,bionic 1.2.2 all that I get with apt list 'googleearth-package'
    – Rotsknoll
    Jun 10 at 21:13











  • Without the --installed flag, apt list will list packages that are available - not just those that are installed
    – steeldriver
    Jun 10 at 21:15










  • Ok thanks a lot. So if the dpkg is aborted it doesn't install anything? Is this a rule or it depends on something else? I apologize in advance for the low level questions, I'm really new to this.
    – Rotsknoll
    Jun 10 at 21:24






  • 1




    Possible duplicate of Permission denied, are you root?
    – karel
    Jun 23 at 3:51







1




1




it doesn't look like you actually installed anything - what does apt list --installed 'googleearth-package' or apt-cache policy 'googleearth-package' say?
– steeldriver
Jun 10 at 21:01




it doesn't look like you actually installed anything - what does apt list --installed 'googleearth-package' or apt-cache policy 'googleearth-package' say?
– steeldriver
Jun 10 at 21:01












It says: Listing... Done - but what about this: googleearth-package/bionic,bionic 1.2.2 all that I get with apt list 'googleearth-package'
– Rotsknoll
Jun 10 at 21:13





It says: Listing... Done - but what about this: googleearth-package/bionic,bionic 1.2.2 all that I get with apt list 'googleearth-package'
– Rotsknoll
Jun 10 at 21:13













Without the --installed flag, apt list will list packages that are available - not just those that are installed
– steeldriver
Jun 10 at 21:15




Without the --installed flag, apt list will list packages that are available - not just those that are installed
– steeldriver
Jun 10 at 21:15












Ok thanks a lot. So if the dpkg is aborted it doesn't install anything? Is this a rule or it depends on something else? I apologize in advance for the low level questions, I'm really new to this.
– Rotsknoll
Jun 10 at 21:24




Ok thanks a lot. So if the dpkg is aborted it doesn't install anything? Is this a rule or it depends on something else? I apologize in advance for the low level questions, I'm really new to this.
– Rotsknoll
Jun 10 at 21:24




1




1




Possible duplicate of Permission denied, are you root?
– karel
Jun 23 at 3:51




Possible duplicate of Permission denied, are you root?
– karel
Jun 23 at 3:51















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