purging packages in rc state

[Bob Alexander <bob@ngi.it>]

dpkg -l |grep ^rc shows quite a few packages.

neither dpkg --purge --pending

nor

dpkg -Pa

removes them (and the configs).

How to ?

TIA,
Bob



rc  apt-watch      0.3.2-2        Monitor apt sources for upgrades
rc  grip           3.2.0-3        GNOME-based CD-player/ripper/encoder
rc  juk            3.3.1-2        music organizer and player for KDE
rc  kcmlinuz       3.3.2-1        KDE Frontend for the Linux kernel 
configurat
rc  kgpg           3.3.2-1        GnuPG frontend for KDE
rc  klipper        3.3.2-1        KDE Clipboard
rc  knewsticker    3.3.2-1        KDE news ticker
rc  kooka          3.3.2-1        Scanner program for KDE
rc  kopete         3.3.2-1        Instant messenger program
rc  libgadu3       1.5-4          Gadu-Gadu protocol library - runtime files
rc  libgcj4        3.3.5-8        Java runtime library for use with gcj
rc  libieee1284-3  0.2.8-2        Cross-platform library for parallel 
port acc
rc  libkscan1      3.3.2-1        Scanner library for KDE
rc  libparted1.6-0 1.6.11-9       The GNU Parted disk partitioning 
shared libr
rc  libsane        1.0.15-6       API library for scanners
rc  libsvga1       1.4.3-21       console SVGA display libraries
rc  libwww-ssl0    5.4.0-9        The W3C-WWW library (SSL support)
rc  xsupplicant    1.0.1-1        802.1x supplicant (client)