Re: Remove configuration files

[Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>]

Allan Xavier Aguilar Castillo (2008-10-30 14:46 -0600) wrote:

>      However, if I have removed packages without eliminate its
> configuration files (without the command --purge), how can I then
> eliminate its configuration files, after I have already eliminated the
> package? Thank you.

With aptitude. Try "search" first:

    aptitude search '~c'

This displays all packages which have config files left. You can remove
them with "sudo aptitude purge" or even all of them at once:

    sudo aptitude purge '~c'