Stephen R Guglielmo wrote: > Is there a way to "--purge" by default when using apt-get or aptitude? > I often browse the apt repo and install various things I find (mostly > games) to discover it, then remove them in a few hours/days/weeks. I'm > afraid of leaving tons of config files laying on my system. Can you simply remember to use purge instead of remove? Instead of these: apt-get remove foo dpkg --remove foo Use the purge word instead of remove. apt-get purge foo dpkg --purge foo That is what I do. For autoremove there is always the option. apt-get autoremove --purge Noting that I have etckeeper installed so I can always pull config files out of version control if needed. Plus I have backups so that I can always pull a backup version back if needed. Bob
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