How can I uninstall Foxit Reader from 16.04?

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I installed it using the .deb package from their website and I've turned the internet upside down looking for a way to do so and nothing works, terminal doesn't recognize 'foxitreader' and when I use dpkg to list all the programs, it is just not listed, or listed below another name. HELP!

score 80 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 13 '20 at 09:52

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The installer tells you where the file was installed in. For me it was ~/opt/foxitsoftware/foxitreader. In that directory is "maintenancetool.sh", running it will give you a gui for uninstalling.

edited Nov 13 '20 at 09:52

user.dz

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answered Aug 25 '16 at 12:01

EliT

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score 30 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 21 '17 at 06:38

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The foxit reader program is installed manually. To uninstall, go to ~/opt/foxitsoftware/foxitreader and then run ./maintenancetool file and click uninstall.

answered Mar 21 '17 at 06:38

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Pritesh Gohil · Answer 3 · 2020-12-14T17:44:03.650

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I was facing the same issue while uninstalling Foxit reader in my ubuntu 16.04. Then I did the following steps,

cd ~/opt/foxitsoftware/foxitreader/
sudo ./maintenancetool.sh

if I write ./maintanacetool.sh and try to uninstall, it was giving permission error so with sudo it worked fine.

edited Dec 14 '20 at 17:44

answered Jan 17 '19 at 21:02

Pritesh Gohil

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score 5 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 27 '17 at 14:04

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I tried every method I saw, but none did the job. The ./maintenancetool didn't do the trick. Also the ./uninstaller was worthless.

So I used:

rm -R /opt/foxitsoftware

I'm not sure whether this could have negative consequences though.

edited Oct 27 '17 at 14:04

Eliah Kagan

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answered Oct 27 '17 at 11:30

Alireza Salahshoori

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 23 '20 at 06:48

Goto foxit installed directory and open uninstall.desktop in that directory using a texteditor
see the exec= Example(for me):- exec = /home/hiren/opt/foxitsoftware/foxitreader/maintenancetool.sh %F
Run the exec ="This " in the terminal Example(for me):- sudo /home/hiren/opt/foxitsoftware/foxitreader/maintenancetool.sh %F

Ubuntu version - 19.10

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 14 '19 at 00:39

This is how I uninstalled it:

Copy this > ./maintenancetool

Go to /home/opt/foxitsoftware

Right click at some empty space and "open in terminal"

Paste ./maintenancetool and click Enter. It will open a GUI which will help you remove the folder which you would've removed by simply selecting 'opt' folder and clicking the delete button.

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 25 '16 at 12:04

The download is not for a .deb file, it is a .run file.

The .run file is not installed via dpkg, it is a custom installer.

The way to remove it is, run the .run file again and find the directory where it was installed.

In this folder you will find an uninstall file, run this to remove Foxit.

How can I uninstall Foxit Reader from 16.04?

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