On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 03:47:53PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > for purging installed packages, i usually use dselect. mark the > package for purging and go ahead. > > will it have the same effect if i do: > > dpkg -P packagename Yes, except that dselect handles more smoothly telling you about packages that depend on the one you're trying to purge. The actual purging is the same. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]