On Sun, 8 Nov 2020 06:51:07 -0500, Hendrik wrote in message <[email protected]>:
> On Sun, Nov 08, 2020 at 05:48:49AM -0300, Eike Lantzsch via Dng wrote: > > Hi Arnt! > > > > On Saturday, 7 November 2020 21:56:38 -03 Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > On Sat, 07 Nov 2020 19:11:45 -0300, Eike wrote in message ... > > > ...with apt* et al. Is why I propose dpkg -P --force-* trains. > > > > > > .."-P" == "--purge", I failed to include that, I thought it was > > > obvious in the context of your thread here, my bad. > > > > > > ..by "just line or pile 'em up", I meant line up --force-* options > > > after "dpkg -P trumpackage" until it does obey your stupid > > > command. (It will still whine, because breaking your box is > > > generally considered stupid if you don't know how to fix it.) > > I presume "trumpackage" is the one you want to get rid of. > Don't use purge on the packages you'll want to reinstall -- you > probably want to retain their onfigurations. ..works best IME when you back those configs up first, then do the mercyless purgatory thing to the trumpage. ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
