Re: purge packages already removed

[Sandip P Deshmukh <deshmukh@escortsmumbai.com>]

David Z Maze wrote:

> Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk> writes:
>  
>
> > On 21 Oct 2002, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > one thing i missed out on was that instaed of purging the packages, i 
> > > removed them. if i understand correctly, it means that the configuration 
> > > and other files will be on the system still.
> > >      
>
> (Just the package's declared configuration files, which will generally
> all be under /etc.)
this is troublesome. how to locate the deletable directories in /etc is 
a question.

> Packages with "c" in the first column in the aptitude display have
> only conffiles on the system; pressing '_' will purge them (same as in
> dselect, incidentally).  Searching for '~c' in aptitude will find
> packages in this state.
excellent tip. i did just that and it worked perfect. thanx for help!

> If you really really want to do things from the command line, you can
> install the grep-dctrl package and then run
well, aptitude seems to be a safer solution.
-sandip