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I have john the ripper installed on my ubuntu 20.04 machine. Originally, I simply installed it using apt-get.

But now I need to remove it from my machine. Currently when I type john I get this:

ask@Garsy:~/Notes/TA/AppliedInfoSec/PassCracking$ john
John the Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1 OMP [linux-gnu 64-bit x86_64 AVX2 AC]
Copyright (c) 1996-2019 by Solar Designer and others
Homepage: http://www.openwall.com/john/

and this is the location:

ask@Garsy:~/Notes/TA/AppliedInfoSec/PassCracking$ whereis john
john: /snap/bin/john

First i try:

ask@Garsy:~/Notes/TA/AppliedInfoSec/PassCracking$ sudo apt-get remove john
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package 'john' is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 20 not upgraded.

' But this has no effect, john is still on my system. and then ask@Garsy:~/Notes/TA/AppliedInfoSec/PassCracking$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove john which has the same effect.

I also try sudo apt-get purge john with no effect.

I don't really know what to do, I can't seem to find any info about uninstalling john other than the stuff i have already tried.

dr_
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The path of the executable is /snap/bin/john, therefore John the Ripper has been installed as a snap, not via apt-get.

To remove the package (or, more precisely, the snap) you must run

sudo snap remove john
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