# Processing 3.4 removal

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-3-4-removal/6682>\
**Category:** Processing for Pi\
**Created:** [December 17, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-3-4-removal/6682 "2018-12-17T01:57:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![zeus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@zeus](https://discourse.processing.org/u/zeus)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-3-4-removal/6682/1 "2018-12-17T01:57:53Z")

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Hello All,

I need to remove Processing 3.4 and instead install 2.2.1 on a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ running Stretch. I have tried several different ways to remove/purge 3.4 but had no luck. How do I remove it? I installed 3.4 via the following command…

```
 curl https://processing.org/download/install-arm.sh | sudo sh

```

Is this somehow affecting my ability to remove it?

Thanks,

Z

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**Author:** ![kll](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/kll/32/964_2.png) [@kll](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kll)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 4:29am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-3-4-removal/6682/2 "2018-12-17T04:29:07Z")

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good question, but as i see

[https://processing.org/download/](https://processing.org/download/)

```auto
Stable Releases
3.4 (26 July 2018) Win 32 Win 64 Linux 32 Linux 64 Linux ARMv6hf Mac OS X
3.3.7 (13 March 2018) Win 32 Win 64 Linux 32 Linux 64 Linux ARMv6hf Mac OS X
2.2.1 (19 May 2014) Win 32 Win 64 Linux 32 Linux 64 Mac OS X
1.5.1 (15 May 2011) Win (standard) Win (no Java) Linux x86 Mac OS X 

```

not sure it would be available anyhow

if you find the version you want for RPI you could just try to install it over

according that bash script it ends up in  
/usr/local/lib/processing-3.4  
( and there you see also a uninstall )

with a link from above  
~processing  
if you ignore that and the application… .desktop… things and just start  
directly from that directory, i would not see as problem to have there  
both versions. just make your own desktop .desktop files for it

get original from  
/usr/local/share/applications/processing.desktop  
copy it to  
/home/pi/Desktop  
but give it a different filename: processing34.desktop  
and inside a different name=processing34  
and that is what it is all about, hardcode the path to the app  
Exec=/usr/local/lib/processing-3.4/processing %F

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**Author:** ![zeus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@zeus](https://discourse.processing.org/u/zeus)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 8:17am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-3-4-removal/6682/3 "2018-12-17T08:17:25Z")

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Thanks for the reply and for sorting through the bash and finding the location. I have managed to remove one instance of Processing. But now I find that I have a second in a different location and when I remove that second instance I get the following…

pi@raspberrypi:/usr/local/share/applications dir processing.desktop pi@raspberrypi:/usr/local/share/applications sudo apt remove processing.desktop  
Reading package lists… Done  
Building dependency tree  
Reading state information… Done  
E: Unable to locate package processing.desktop  
E: Couldn’t find any package by glob ‘processing.desktop’  
E: Couldn’t find any package by regex ‘processing.desktop’

What am I missing here?

I am new to Linux & Raspberry Pi so I am not always able to describe the problem accurately.

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**Author:** ![kll](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/kll/32/964_2.png) [@kll](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kll)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 8:23am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-3-4-removal/6682/4 "2018-12-17T08:23:02Z")

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> [@zeus](#):
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> But now I find that I have a second in a different location and when I remove

where you find something, how you try to remove?

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**Author:** ![zeus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@zeus](https://discourse.processing.org/u/zeus)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 8:23am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-3-4-removal/6682/5 "2018-12-17T08:23:37Z")

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> [@zeus](#):
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> pi@raspberrypi:/usr/local/share/applications sudo apt remove processing.desktop

pi@raspberrypi:/usr/local/share/applications sudo apt remove processing.desktop

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**Author:** ![kll](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/kll/32/964_2.png) [@kll](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kll)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 8:26am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-3-4-removal/6682/6 "2018-12-17T08:26:34Z")

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sudo apt is for package install / remove  
can not work for “processing.desktop”

if there is a file processing.desktop  
and you not like it, delete it the linux way

in a terminal type

> info rm

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**Author:** ![zeus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@zeus](https://discourse.processing.org/u/zeus)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 8:31am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-3-4-removal/6682/7 "2018-12-17T08:31:00Z")

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Here is what I get…

pi@raspberrypi:/usr/local/share/applications rm processing.desktop rm: remove write-protected regular file 'processing.desktop'? y rm: cannot remove 'processing.desktop': Permission denied pi@raspberrypi:/usr/local/share/applications dir  
processing.desktop  
pi@raspberrypi:/usr/local/share/applications rm -f -r processing pi@raspberrypi:/usr/local/share/applications dir  
processing.desktop  
pi@raspberrypi:/usr/local/share/applications rm -f -r processing.desktop rm: cannot remove 'processing.desktop': Permission denied pi@raspberrypi:/usr/local/share/applications

Figured out the permission issue and the processing.desktop file is no longer there or listed as a programming option. Thank you for your help.