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Favor purge over uninstall due to /etc behavior.
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kgilmer committed Apr 6, 2020
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1. Login to the stock Ubuntu session. If this session is not available, install it with `sudo apt install ubuntu-session`. If you are unable to login, type <span class="text-nowrap"><span class="badge badge-warning">ctrl</span> <span class="badge badge-warning">alt</span> <span class="badge badge-warning">F2</span></span> to access a TTY. After installing `ubuntu-session`, you will have the option to select the `Ubuntu` session type in the login screen.
2. Uninstall Regolith from within the Ubuntu session:
```bash
$ sudo apt remove regolith-*
$ sudo apt purge regolith-*
$ sudo apt autoremove
$ rm -Rf ~/.config/regolith/flags
```
3. Verify that no regolith packages are still installed with `apt list --installed | grep -i regolith`. The command should not return any packages. If it does, manually uninstall them with `sudo apt remove <package>`.
3. Verify that no regolith packages are still installed with `apt list --installed | grep -i regolith`. The command should not return any packages. If it does, manually uninstall them with `sudo apt purge <package>`.
4. Reinstall Regolith:
```
$ sudo apt install regolith-desktop
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1. Log out of the Regolith session and into the default Ubuntu session.
2. Open a terminal and run:
```bash
$ sudo apt remove regolith-desktop regolith-st && sudo apt autoremove
$ sudo apt purge regolith-desktop regolith-st && sudo apt autoremove
```
3. Now remove the PPA:
```bash
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```bash
$ source ~/.regolith-gnome-backup
```
5. You can safely delete the directory `~/.config/regolith`.
5. You can now safely delete the directory `~/.config/regolith`.

## PPA Sources

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