I want a fresh install of Openshot using its latest Linux(64-bit AppImage) file on a machine that had previously installed Openshot via apt, snap and flatpak. I have purged all its old installations. I have even purged flatpak. However, I still found Openshot files on this machine and its thumbnail appears in the Ubuntu 22.04 applications grid.
$ sudo apt list | grep openshotWARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.libopenshot-audio-dev/jammy 0.2.0+dfsg1-4 amd64libopenshot-audio-doc/jammy,jammy 0.2.0+dfsg1-4 alllibopenshot-audio-test-sound/jammy 0.2.0+dfsg1-4 amd64libopenshot-audio7/jammy 0.2.0+dfsg1-4 amd64libopenshot-dev/jammy 0.2.5+dfsg1-6build2 amd64libopenshot-doc/jammy,jammy 0.2.5+dfsg1-6build2 alllibopenshot19/jammy 0.2.5+dfsg1-6build2 amd64openshot-qt-doc/jammy,jammy 2.5.1+dfsg1-2 allopenshot-qt/jammy,jammy 2.5.1+dfsg1-2 allpython3-openshot/jammy 0.2.5+dfsg1-6build2 amd64$ sudo apt purge openshotReading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree... DoneReading state information... DonePackage 'openshot' is not installed, so not removedThe following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libappstream-glib8 libmalcontent-0-0 libostree-1-1Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.$ sudo apt purge openshot-qtReading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree... DoneReading state information... DonePackage 'openshot-qt' is not installed, so not removedThe following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libappstream-glib8 libmalcontent-0-0 libostree-1-1Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.$ dpkg -l | grep openshot$ flatpakbash: /usr/bin/flatpak: No such file or directory
However, according to Nautilus, many residual files are in the /var/lib/flatpak/app
directory.
Also, the Openshot thumbnail continues to exist in the Applications grid
but folders ~/.local/share/applications
and /usr/share/applications
do not contain any openshot .desktop
files.
Questions:
- Can I simply delete the folder
/var/lib/flatpak/app/org.openshot.OpenShot
and not cause any problem to the machine? - Since I have purged flatpak, can I even delete folder
/var/lib/flatpak
? - Also, how do I remove the Openshot thumbnail in the Applications grid?
Update:
I discovered the existence of a file called org.openshot.OpenShot.desktop
. It's paths are:
/var/lib/flatpak/app/org.openshot.OpenShot/x86_64/stable/a3e062afc67b6bcba4c61fffa4a9c7d4baab1fb0843f99b8f79e2497e15bc42e/export/share/applications/org.openshot.OpenShot.desktop
/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications/org.openshot.OpenShot.desktop
This terminal command removed the Openshot thumbnail from the Applications grid:
sudo rm /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications/org.openshot.OpenShot.desktop