[NCLUG] remove a 3rd party app -- can't seem to find it in packages

[Bob Proulx]

Bill Cthulhu wrote:
> But I installed a package that now can't be found.
> ...
> I'm trying to figure out how to remove it.   dpgk -r just exits with 1 and
> doesn't give me anymore information.

What did you try that tells you it can't be found?

Try:

  dpkg -l | grep STRING

What is the status?  The first two charactes on the line.  Or you can
get a full detail dump by this:

  dpkg --status packagename

The "Status:" line is the most interesting data point from that.

Bob