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How do I uninstall xampp?

Asked by Esther Strom

I installed xampp and now want to get rid of it. How do I uninstall a program that isn't listed in the Software Center?

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Kenny Meyer (knny-myer) said : 		#1

Usually XAMPP gets installed in /opt. I think

  sudo rm /opt/xampp

should do it.

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Esther Strom (esthermstrom-gmail) said : 		#2

There is no program called xampp in that directory - it apparently installed into a directory called lampp. However, when I try

sudo rm /opt/lampp

I get this error:

rm: cannot remove `/opt/lampp': Is a directory

Any ideas?

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Kenny Meyer (knny-myer) said : 		#3

Esther,

Oh, we're very close now... I missed something in the command. Please try this:

  sudo rm -r /opt/lampp

I have forgotten to pass the -r argument, which removes all files "recursively" (including directories).

I hope this solves your issue.

Thanks,
Kenny

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