Re: how to remove (purge?) ppp-packages

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

Hello

Bram Mertens (<bram-mertens@linux.be>) wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I no longer connect through ADSL but use a cable connection now.
> Therefore I no longer need the pppoe connection I configured
> previously. The following ppp packages are installed on my system:
> ii  ppp            2.4.2+20040428 Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) daemon
> ii  pppconfig      2.3.10         A text menu based utility for
> configuring pp
> ii  pppoe          3.5-4          PPP over Ethernet driver
> ii  pppoeconf      1.0.11         configures PPPoE/ADSL connections
> [...]
> 
> As I no longer need pppoe can I simply remove these packages? If so,
> how?
> Will "apt-get remove ppp pppconfig pppoe pppoeconf" also remove these
> config files?

No.

> Or do I need to use "dpkg purge ppp pppconfig pppoe pppoeconfig"?

Either that, or apt-get --purge remove ppp.*

best regards
 Andreas Janssen

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