Re: apt-get remove doesn't remove daemons
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 08:33:31 -0400, Peter O <po@dialore.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> apt-get remove in Sarge (fully updated) does not remove (some?) files
> from /etc/init.d and links to them from /etc/rc2.d. For example, these two
> commands:
>
> apt-get install cpufreqd
> apt-get remove cpufreqd
try this :
apt-get --purge remove cpufreqd
it might help you -:)
>
> left /etc/init.d/cpufreqd file there, as well as a link to it in rc2.d.
> Several other daemons were also left there after apt-get removing them.
>
> Is this behavior 'by design'? If so, where can I read about it? The man page
> insists that apt-get remove is 'identicall to install except that packages
> are removed instead of installed'. The behavior I'm experiencing does not
> support this claim.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Peter
>
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