Re: unable to install mysql server

[Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com>]

On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:38:29 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote:
> 
> aptitude remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client
> 
> is not the correct way to purge a package.  The correct way to
> purge a package with aptitude is
> 
> aptitude purge mysql-server mysql-client

I suppose the most powerful combination would be

   aptitude purge --purge-unused mysql-server mysql-client

which would not only purge the packages specified on the command line
but also purge any packages that are unused as the result of the
packages on the command line being purged.

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