ininstall the linux free anti-virus

Hi robert s 

Would you please suggest whether you have logged in as root user to uninstall it as the error mentioned above is related to permission.

Please make sure that you're trying to uninstall it with the user having proper permission.

thank you.

after some thinking, prompted by your note, and searching, I am guessing....I am the only user and creator of this installation.....that I am logged in as an administrative user and not root.

by further searching, again prompted by your appreciated note...I am new at linux.....i need to use the su and/or sudo commands. I am somewhat familiar with the sudo command, having used it a handful of times, but do not know <yet>, the syntax for the su command.

would you consider  telling me exactly what to type in terminal to effect the action I printed about?

again, thank you very much. I am in LOVE with linux (mint 19.3), having been in win 7 for ever, wish I had done this long ago........but some of that love is realizing how granular it can be....while sighing a bit about the learning curve. that said, it is worth it and I am determined!

Hi robert s 

I am not an expert in the Linux but su -root should work to log into the root of the machine.

You need to run the uninstaller as root.

sudo /opt/sophos-av/uninstall.sh

should be sufficient.

many thanks. I will give it a try.

this worked.

again, thanks.

Hi robert s 

Glad to know that your issue has been resolved with the above-mentioned command.