On 04/03/2015 at 06:50 PM, Stephen R Guglielmo wrote: > Hi all, > > 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. I don't use this setting myself, but based on the apt-get man page under '--purge', it looks like the APT::Get::Purge configuration-file setting should do what you want. Either add it to /etc/apt.conf, or create an appropriate file to put it in under /etc/apt.conf.d/. If I'm parsing things correctly, the stanza you want is probably a line reading: APT::Get::Purge "true"; Again, I don't use this and haven't tested it, but it looks like what I'd expect to be the correct avenue. You may want to try some searches and/or otherwise read up on it further before testing it; that's up to you. If you ever want to install or uninstall and _not_ purge, the command-line option "--no-purge" should be able to override this setting. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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