where to locate uninstal file

Question

I have linux Mint 16 and I have installed netbeans by apt-get install netbeans and I saw after installation that is the version 7.0.1 but I’d like to have the 7.4 version. I’d like to installant version 7.0.1 but I don't find the uninstall.sh file and I don't know where the program is install.

I hope you can help me and note that I begin in Linux

thank you

Answer 1

 apt-get remove packagename

will remove the binaries, but not the configuration or data files of the package packagename. It will also leave dependencies installed with it on installation time untouched.

apt-get remove --purge packagename

will remove about everything regarding the package packagename, but not the dependencies installed with it on installation. Both commands are equivalent.