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I want to remove program "fio" from my Ubuntu. First, tried

apt-get remove fio

but it did not work. Then I tried to find its package name by

whereis fio 
dpkg-query -S /usr/local/bin/fio

but dpkg-query says "no path found matching pattern /usr/local/bin/fio". Any suggestion would be appreciated.

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Now the problem is moot, but for the future:

Always use the same removal method as the installation method.

Therefore, use the following priority in installing software

  1. Install/remove from the standard Ubuntu repositories using the GUI of the Ubuntu Software center.
  2. Use the TUI of aptitude
  3. apt-get install szPackageName to install and apt-get purge szPackageName to completely remove and apt-get remove szPackageName to remove the application, but not its configuration files.
  4. Download and install a .deb file: use dpgk --install szPackageName and dpgk --purge szPackageName and dpgk --remove szPackageName as above.
  5. So if you do download and build from source, use CheckInstall to be able to remove more easily in the future.
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