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madison127 is offline madison127
2011-03-22 , 19:36
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can someone help me?!

is there a way to wipe out traces of apps that has been uninstalled on a nokia n900?

i have recently removed two twitter apps (tweego and witter) because they kept crashing during login... i tried to re-install and noticed that my account informations on twitter were also restored.

i suspect that oauth may have something to do with the crashes hence i would like to wipe out any trace of the apps as well as my login information.

then i'll try to reinstall the apps, setup my login account, and have it authorized by twitter to see if the problem persists.

if there is anyone out there with a better suggestion, I AM ALL EARS!
 
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2011-03-22 , 19:43
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in xterm:

root
apt purge <name of still installed application>
 
vi_ is offline vi_
2011-03-22 , 19:49
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alternatively, look for a hidden folder in your /home/user directory with the same name as the app you are trying to eradicate. After apt-get removing the offending app, delete the coresponding folder to remove the configs/settings etc (warning ymmv).
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2011-03-23 , 00:39
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Simple script to get some ideas:

Code:
cpath=/home/user/
export settings_test=`dpkg --list | grep ^rc | awk '{ print $2; }'|wc -l`;
echo "CLEANING leftover application settings";
        # Test if file(s) exist.
        if [ $settings_test -gt 0 ]; then
                echo "Settings file(s) exist. Cleaning ..";
                echo "[CLEANING FILES - SETTINGS] $cleandate" >> $cpath/cleanup_log.txt;
                echo $settings_test >> $cpath/cleanup_log.txt;
                #dpkg --purge $(dpkg --list | grep ^rc | awk '{ print $2; }')
        else
                echo "No files found..";
        fi;
run once, see what will be cleaned and then uncomment (the "dpkg --purge" line) and rerun.

hope it helps
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2011-03-23 , 15:39
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Download FileBox to find and delete the mentioned hidden folders. Hiddem folders are"mt hidden at all to FileBox, they show up as ".Directoryname". So a dot in front of the name marks a hidden folder.

Be sure to check "run with root privileges" in the options!
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