'aptitude purge' removes configuration files. Adding '-o Aptitude::Purge-Unused=true' tells aptitude to get rid of configuration files for packages it automatically removes.
Richard Esplin On Sunday 03 August 2008 19:07:24 Brad Midgley wrote: > Charles > > > I have a bunch of phantom packages, i.e. ones I've suncessfully > > removed with aptitude, but which the package database seems to think > > are still installed: > > you can get rid of the config files too with > apt-get purge xx > there might be a way to get aptitude to purge--it probably defaults to > leave config files alone. > > Brad <snip> /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
