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Re: would someone shed me light on how to remove a debian pakcage?



On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 07:09:39PM -0700, formless void wrote:
> from the system?

I tend to use "apt-get remove <name of package>".  If you also want to
remove configuration files you use "apt-get remove --purge <name>".

If you use aptitude or dselect or some other apt front-end, you'd do it
differently.  In the end they all run "dpkg -r", I suppose.
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   "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your
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