Uninstalling Skype from Linux
Since many people have shown interest in the article, VOIP IP Telephony: How to kill a Skype / remove Skype installs from your network!, I thought of revisiting the article to add Linux removal information. Now that the Various Linux Distributions are finding their ways to desktops there might be some one seeking to remove skype. Here we go!
Uninstalling Skype from Linux
You can uninstall Skype the same way that you uninstall any Linux software program, depending on how the application was installed:
* If you used tar to install Skype, you can remove the Skype application and its associated directories with the rm command.
* If you installed Skype with rpm, you may want to refer to the documentation for your particular Linux distribution for specific instructions.
Uninstalling Skype with tar
If you installed Skype with tar, uninstalling it requires great caution because you need to use the rm command, possibly as the superuser (root).
Because Skype has a daemon that runs as a background process, it is best to stop it before attempting to uninstall Skype.
To stop the process, first you must identify the process identification number. To do this, follow these steps:
1. Log in as the user who is running Skype, and type ps -aux | grep skype
2. When you have found the Linux process identification for the Skype application, kill the process by issuing the following command: kill -9 skype_process_ID where skype_process_ID is the process identification number associated with Skype.
3. Change directories to the directory where tar was originally executed to install Skype. In other words, cd to the directory directly above the Skype directory.
4. When you are absolutely certain that you are in the correct directory, enter the following command to remove the Skype subdirectory and associated files forcefully: rm -rf skype-directory where skype-directory is the specific name of the directory in which Skype is installed.
Uninstalling Skype with rpm
If you installed Skype with rpm, uninstalling it is simple. You may want to check the man page for rpm on your Linux distribution to make sure that there is nothing special you need to know.
Because Skype has a daemon that runs as a background process, it is best to stop it before attempting to uninstall Skype. To stop the process, first you must identify the process identification number. To do this, follow these steps:
1. Log in as the user who is running Skype, and type ps -aux | grep skype
2. When you have found the Linux process identification number for the Skype application, kill the process by issuing the following command: kill -9 skype_process_ID where skype_process_ID is the process identification number associated with Skype.
3. Enter the following command to uninstall the Skype application software: rpm -e skype_package.rpm where skype_package is the specific name of the rpm package that installed Skype—for example, skype-0_90_0_1.rpm.
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