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You must specify packages by their own names error in dpkg when trying to remove an installed deb package
I tried to remove an installed deb package using dpkg -P the_deb_name but received the error “you must specify packages by their own names, not by quoting the names of the files they come in“ Follow the below steps to correctly uninstall an application (deb package) that you installed using dpkg or eddy: get the correct name of the package: dpkg –get-selections | grep part_of_the_name Remove the application: sudo dpkg -P application_name_as_per_above_output (-P removes the package and config files) Below is a video showing the steps:
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anydesk error while loading shared libraries libpangox-1.0.so.0
You receive the error “error while loading shared libraries libpangox-1.0.so.0” when trying to run anydesk on an Ubuntu 22.04 based distro. To resolve the issue run the below few steps as found on this forum post: Open your terminal. Paste: wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/pangox-compat/libpangox-1.0-0_0.0.2-5.1_amd64.deb (you might need to add sudo to the start of the line if you get access denied) Install the package: sudo apt install ./libpangox-1.0-0_0.0.2-5.1_amd64.deb Now open anydesk by just typing anydesk in your terminal or launching it from your applications menu. The below video shows you the steps:
