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Ubuntu – Remove PPA via the Command Line

Identify PPAs on your Ubuntu install via the command line

• Open a terminal (CTRL+ALT+T)
• cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
• ls -l

You have move into the directory where the PPA lists are stored (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/) and should have a list of the PPA installed. You can open the individual .list entries to identify the PPA address with vim/nano/gedit.

Removing an Old PPA

There is a handy program called ppa-purge that will remove the PPAs from your sytem and return it to its origianl state.

• sudo apt-get install ppa-purge

ppa-purge can be used by entering the ppa that you wish to purge much like you add a ppa with add-apt-repository. If you can not remember the PPA address then you can check it by opening the list file using the steps above.

• sudo ppa-purge ppa:<PPA>

This will remove all traces of the PPA and reinstall any packages that may have been updated with the original versions.

Identify PPAs on your Ubuntu install via the command line Open a terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ ls -l You have move into the directory where the PPA lists are stored (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/) and should have a list of the PPA installed. You can open the individual .list entries to identify the PPA address with vim/nano/gedit. Removing an Old PPA There is ...