Re: removing packages
Is that correct? I just re-re-re-re-looked at man apt-get and found this:
--purge
Use purge instead of remove for anything that would
be removed. Configuration Item: APT::Get::Purge.
tatah
On Wednesday 25 April 2001 16:51, will trillich wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 04:12:33PM -0500, Brian Smith wrote:
> > I mistakenly told the potatoe install routine to install everything on
> > the 3 cd's I have, and I ran out of disk space (only have 1Gb). I want
> > to remove packages, do I use apt-remove or something like that ? I tried
> > that and got an error due to a full hard disk, is there some manual
> > process I will have to use to remove packages and physically delete
> > them?
>
> use "apt-get remove <whatever>" (apt-get is poorly named, for
> this reason, just so you know t'ain't my fault) like so:
>
> apt-get remove kde gnome apache
>
> and if you're determined to free up space, try
>
> apt-get --remove postgresql mysql emacs vim
>
> which also takes a stab at zapping config files as well.
>
> > I'm thinking about a fresh install as a last resort.
>
> if you're just now getting up to speed (not been frobbing with
> settings for a few months, for example) then a fresh install
> should be No Big Deal.
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