Re: Debian to English translation

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

Hoyt Bailey (<hoyt13@wiredok.com>) wrote:

> I just read the abp-get manpage and cannot understand some references.
> The manpage for each option gives a useage such as APT: :GET: :PURG

These are options to use with the apt configuration file
/etc/apt/apt.conf. These are different from the command line options.

> Lets say I want to purge kdm.  Can someone give a proper command line
> to use that would be applicable to all options.

To purge kdm, use

apt-get --purge remove kdm

or

dpkg --purge kdm

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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