Re: reinstalling Nginx & others usin apt from command line
On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 09:10:24PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote:
> See what Gregory wrote. He, for one, expected a purge to delete user
> space config files and/or directories as well, based on what he read in
> the man pages for apt-get.
Brad, I would appreciate it if you would please not put words in my
mouth! I didn't mention user space files or directories at all! What I
said was "The --purge removes config files for package_name, so
package_name is
then completely gone from your system, configs and all. When you
install package_name again it will be installed fresh as if it had
never been installed on the system before." I of course assumed that
John would know any files he himself created wouldn't be removed. What
I probably should have said instead is The --purge removes config
files for package_name, so package_name is
then completely gone from your system, configs and all that the
package created when you installed it. When you
install package_name again it will be installed fresh as if it had
never been installed on the system before, except for any
files/directories which you created before you removed the package.
Greg
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