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   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-20 08:39, vallor wrote:   
   > So say you side-load a Mac app.  You usually get a .dmg   
   > which you mount, then drag the app folder on top of the handy   
   > alias for the system app folders.   
   >   
   > That's fine, but what if you want to uninstall?  There doesn't   
   > seem to be much of a package manager involved.   
   >   
   > But on Linux, apps are in packages that are tracked by the   
   > system.  When you uninstall an app on Linux, the default is   
   > to take away the app without touching config files -- but   
   > with the apt/dpkg "purge" option, the package system will   
   > clean out the config files, too.   
   >   
   > (Not user dot-files though, those are yours to keep.)   
      
   Drag the app to the trash.   
      
   Done.   
      
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