Bug#305064: apt-get --purge does not purge, need to use dpkg --purge instead
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.28.1
Hello,
I am expencing a problem purging on my uptodate testing computer.
I noticed that these commands do not scuessfully work:
# apt-get --purge remove iamerican wamerican
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Package iamerican is not installed, so not removed
Package wamerican is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
now2g:/media/c# dpkg -l |grep american
rc iamerican 3.1.20.0-4 An American English dictionary for ispell
rc wamerican 5-4 American English dictionary words for
/usr/s
now2g:/media/c#
The only way I can successfully purge them is to use:
# dpkg --purge iamerican
(Reading database ... 108977 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing iamerican ...
Purging configuration files for iamerican ...
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Kde
debconf: (Can't locate Qt.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl
/usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.4 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5
/usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8
/usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at
/usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Kde/Wizard.pm line 7.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Dialog
now2g:/media/c# dpkg -l |grep american
rc wamerican 5-4 American English dictionary words for
/usr/s
now2g:/media/c# dpkg --purge wamerican
(Reading database ... 108977 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing wamerican ...
Purging configuration files for wamerican ...
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Kde
debconf: (Can't locate Qt.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl
/usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.4 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5
/usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8
/usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at
/usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Kde/Wizard.pm line 7.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Dialog
# dpkg -l |grep american
This does not show anything, so they have now been purged.
N.B. Please include my email address in any replies.
Kind regards
JG
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