On Sun, Nov 08, 2020 at 02:17:24PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > 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 configurations. > > ..works best IME when you back those configs up first, then > do the mercyless purgatory thing to the trumpage. ;o)
It isn't always obvious which configuration files go with which packages. -- hendrik _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
