Re: Getting rid of "rc" packages
--- Brian Nelson <pyro@debian.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 11:03:30PM +0000, Thomas Adam wrote:
> > --- Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > What's the best way to remove Remove Config-file packages?
> >
> > COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l | awk '/^rc/ {print $2}' | xargs dpkg --purge
>
> Jeez. Save yourself that pain and just run aptitude, move the cursor to
> "--- Not Installed Packages" and type '_' followed by 'g'.
>
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