After starting up my Linux Mint live session from hibernation, vlc would no longer start. When I tried running it from the terminal, I got a 'Bus error'. So I then tried to remove it.mint@mint ~ $ sudo apt-get purge vlcReading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree       Reading state information... DoneThe following packages will be REMOVED:  vlc*0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 367 not upgraded.After this operation, 3,690 kB disk space will be freed.Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y(Reading database ... 171238 files and directories currently installed.)Removing vlc (2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1) ...Purging configuration files for vlc (2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1) ...Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ...Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ...Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1) ...Processing triggers for vlc-nox (2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.1) ...But afterwards I can still run vlc (even though it comes up with the error)mint@mint ~ $ vlcVLC media player 2.1.4 Rincewind (revision 2.1.4-0-g2a072be)Bus errorI will just reboot to make VLC work again, but I am confused about how it is possible to run VLC after it is removed. Shouldn't it say something like No such file or directory?
How is it possible to run VLC when I just removed it?
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You need to purge vlc-nox as well:apt-get purge vlc-noxIn general to find out where a file comes from, dpkg -S comes in handy; in this instance you'd rundpkg -S /usr/bin/vlc