Re: --purge after apt-get remove?
Tod Hagan <tod@bondcliff.com> writes:
> apt-get remove <a whole bunch of packages>
...
> Is there a way to purge the conf files that's quicker than
> reinstalling and then purging the packages?
Just running 'dpkg --purge packagename' should DTRT, no need to
reinstall. You should be able to find packages with only
configuration files installed fairly straightforwardly in aptitude,
and probably dselect too.
--
David Maze dmaze@debian.org http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/
"Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal."
-- Abra Mitchell
Reply to: