How-to Uninstall MGLTools on Linux Manually

This How-to applies to: 1.4.5
This How-to is intended for: Any audience.

Explains how to remove MGLTools files created with GUI installer.

On Linux machines the uninstaller removes all applications and desktop icons. To remove these icons without using uninstaller, delete the following files from your hard drive.

~/Desktop
    ADT-1.4.5-desktop.desktop
    PMV-1.4.5-desktop.desktop
    Vision-1.4.5-desktop.desktop
~/.local/share/applications
    ADT-1.4.5-desktop.desktop
    PMV-1.4.5-desktop.desktop
    Vision-1.4.5-desktop.desktop
    MGLTools-uninstall-1.4.5.desktop
    Update-MGLTools-1.4.5.desktop
~/.local/share/desktop-directories
    C3272641-81B4-79AF-8341D39B6E88-MGLTools1.4.5.directory
~/.config/menus/applications-merged
    user-C3272641-81B4-79AF-8341D39B6E88-MGLTools.menu

This assumes that you are using Gnome. KDE users, also need to remove appropriate files from ~/.kde/share/applnk folder.

by Sargis Dallakyan — last modified 2009-06-16 16:04 Molecular Graphics Laboratory, TSRI

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