Re: apt-get & packages marked as rc

[Rajesh Fowkar <hsejar@gmx.co.uk>]

Vineet Kumar saw fit to inform me that: 
>* 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

Thanks Vineet. But this is just one part of it. Now packages are marked as
pc instead of rc ( i.e. purge candidates ). Now how can I remove with one
command all these packages ?

Warm Regards

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