On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Peter Hardy wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Mar 2003 11:45:40 +1100 Terry Collins wrote: > > Peter Hardy wrote: > > > No. remove will uninstall the package, but configuration files stay > > > installed, as well as debconf config, and the package file will stay > > > in apt's cache (/var/cache/apt/archives/) > > > > Is there a command to clean out/remove the configuration files as > > well. I suspect one of them is corrupted and want to start afresh > > (rather than laboriously comb configuration files). > > Add the --purge option to the remove command. I'm fairly sure the > package stays in your cache, though. ... and use --purge with extreme caution.... I lost my apache server by not paying attention when deleting something with a cross-dependency that wasn't immediately obvious :( -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
