Re: apt-get: purging a package that has already been removed?

[Graham Williams <Graham.Williams@csiro.au>]

Received Tue 02 Mar 2004  9:08pm +1100 from Adam Funk:
> Sorry if this is a stupid question, but...
> 
> Suppose foo has already been removed without the --purge option, and I
> later want to purge it.
> 
> # apt-get --purge remove foo
> gives the error that foo is not installed and therefore takes no action.
> 
> I can work around this with
> # apt-get install foo
> # apt-get --purge remove foo
> but that seems silly.  Is there a "correct" way to purge foo?

I do it with:

# wajig purge foo