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perforceubuntu-18.04

How to remove perforce (p4) on Ubuntu

I had perforce p4 installed on my Ubuntu 18.4. I broke it using the following sequence of mistakes!

sudo apt-get remove helix-p4d
sudo apt-get purge helix-p4d
sudo apt autoremove
sudo rm /etc/perforce
sudo rm /opt/perforce

Then I installed it again using

sudo apt-get install helix-p4d

However, after installation it genereates the following error:

p4dctl error: fopen: /etc/perforce/p4dctl.conf: No such file or directory

My question is, how can I completely remove p4 and all of its services and reinstall everything from scratch.

Solution

  • Also do:

    sudo apt-get remove helix-p4dctl
sudo apt-get purge helix-p4dctl

    This will fix the problem with that missing file/directory and you can install again.