Re: --purge after apt-get remove?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 10:44:14PM -0400, Tod Hagan wrote: Is there a way to purge the conf files that's quicker than reinstalling and then purging the packages? dpkg-reconfigure -plow package - -- .''`. Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] : :'

--purge after apt-get remove?

I did apt-get remove a whole bunch of packages on a freshly-installed system (woody) without realizing that the conf files would be retained. Since it's a freshly-installed system, I don't need these conf files, so I should have done apt-get --purge remove a whole bunch of packages Is there a

Re: --purge after apt-get remove?

Tod Hagan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: apt-get remove a whole bunch of packages ... Is there a way to purge the conf files that's quicker than reinstalling and then purging the packages? Just running 'dpkg --purge packagename' should DTRT, no need to reinstall. You should be able to find

Re: --purge after apt-get remove?

On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 10:44:14PM -0400, Tod Hagan wrote: I did apt-get remove a whole bunch of packages on a freshly-installed system (woody) without realizing that the conf files would be retained. Since it's a freshly-installed system, I don't need these conf files, so I should have

Re: --purge after apt-get remove?

On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 10:44:14PM -0400, Tod Hagan wrote: | Is there a way to purge the conf files that's quicker than | reinstalling and then purging the packages? dpkg --purge package names (yeah, it's too bad apt can't do that) -D -- The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,

Re: --purge after apt-get remove?

On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 19:44, Tod Hagan wrote: I did apt-get remove a whole bunch of packages on a freshly-installed system (woody) without realizing that the conf files would be retained. Since it's a freshly-installed system, I don't need these conf files, so I should have done