Re: how to *completely* remove a package from the cmd line?
- From: Robert Holtzman <holtzm@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:39:27 -0700
On Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 08:09:50PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
more than once, i've wanted to remove every trace of an installed
package, and i always thought that "purge" was the way to do it but
even after i've done:
$ sudo apt-get purge <package>
dpkg still sees it with a status of "rc". if, however, i go into
synaptic and mark it for complete removal and apply, then it's truly
gone. so what am i missing from the command line to get the same
effect?
It may not be as truly gone as you think. After you're done removing it
via synaptic run "locate <package> | less". You may be as surprised as I
was.
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