On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Timothy L. Bolz wrote:

> Ok, I've managed to break my kde kmail.  One package is broken and I've
> tried apt-get -f install and It doesn't remove the offending
> package.  I've tried aptitude and it wants to download everything about 10
> hours before it removes the file.  I've even tried apt-get remove
> offending file and that won't do it.  Am I missing something. Is Debian
> flying over my head. :)  
use
dpkg --purge packagename

as that will cause it to remove all of the package's configuration and
data files.

> Hope someone can help me out with this.  If I
> can remove kde and start all over again that would be fine.
> 
> Thanks
> Tim
> 
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