Re: Unidentified subject!

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

On (05/10/06 13:24), Thierry Chatelet wrote:
> Clive Menzies wrote:
> >On (05/10/06 03:34), George Adamides wrote:
> >  
> >>hi how do i uninstall a package? for example i have mysql4 and i want
> >>to remove it from my system. how do go about doing that?
> >>
> >>    
> > as root or sudo:
> >
> ># aptitude purge mysql4
> >
> >see man aptitude
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >Clive
> >
> >  
> Since you seem to be a new by, you must be warn to use either aptitude 
> or apt-get, but do not mix them, they don't work the same way, and you 
> will get a mess.
> Thierry
> PS: Older users, dont start a war over aptitude or apt-get, it's not the 
> point for a newcomer!! ;-)

My understanding is that aptitude is the default package manager for
sarge and would probably be what installed the packages in the first
place.  It seemed safe to assume (given the naivity of the question)
that the OP hasn't used apt-get.

Regards

Clive

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