* Rajesh Fowkar (hsejar@gmx.co.uk) [010921 07:23]:
> Hi,
>
> Is there any way to remove all the packages at a stretch using apt or dpkg
> ?
>
> When we do apt-get remove the configuration files are retained. Now say I
> want to remove all these packges permenantly along with the configuration
> files, How to do that ? At present I am doing dpkg --purge <all the
> packages>. Is there any better way ?
are you looking for something like this?
dpkg --get-selections | awk '/deinstall/ { print $1 "\tpurge"}' | dpkg --set-selections
That should (untested) change the state of all packages marked 'deinstall'
to 'purge'. According to the description of pacakge selection states in
dpkg(8), that should do what you want.
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