On Linux Mint 18.3 I have 1 each of the Xeoma apps unpacked in a specified folder in ~/ for the app to run from. Being that these executables 'just work', I was surprised to see an 'Install' option within the app.
The installer from there looks like this:
I'm wary of running an installer other than via aptitude. How would I go about uninstalling if I can't use aptitude to do so? Does your installer provide an uninstaller executable similarly to how Windows does?