Re: Using dselect

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

Rob Browning writes ("Re: Using dselect "):
> Dale Scheetz <dwarf@symnet.net> writes:
> > Removing packages with dselect or dpkg should remove all of the
> > installed files as well. Someone please correct me if this is not
> > the case.
> 
> Depends.  If you use a dpkg --remove it removes everything but the
> config files.  If you use dpkg --purge, it should remove *everything*.

That's right.  You can ask for a package to be purged by using _
(underscore) instead of - (minus) in dselect.

Ian.