Re: Wireshark detritus
On Wednesday 28 September 2011 11:52:21 am Lisi wrote:
> On Wednesday 28 September 2011 20:45:33 Lisi wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I am wanting to install the Wireshark tarball, preparatory to which I
> > ran aptitude purge to clear the deb out, together with its config files.
> > I then ran locate to find any files left so that I could remove them
> > manually. I got this:
> >
> > Tux:/home/lisi# locate wireshark
> > /etc/wireshark
> > /etc/wireshark/init.lua
> > /home/lisi/.opera/icons/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wireshark.org%2Ffavicon.png
> > /home/lisi/.opera/icons/www.wireshark.org.idx
> > /root/.wireshark
> > /root/.wireshark/recent
> > /usr/bin/wireshark
> > /usr/lib/wireshark
> > /usr/share/wireshark
> > /usr/share/applications/wireshark-root.desktop
> > /usr/share/applications/wireshark.desktop
> > /usr/share/apps/kappfinder/apps/Internet/wireshark.desktop
> > /usr/share/doc/wireshark
> > /usr/share/doc/wireshark-common
> > /usr/share/man/man1/wireshark.1.gz
> > /usr/share/man/man4/wireshark-filter.4.gz
> > /usr/share/menu/wireshark
> > /usr/share/pixmaps/hi48-app-wireshark.png
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny14_i386.deb
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny14_i386.deb
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/wireshark-common.conffiles
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/wireshark-common.list
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/wireshark-common.md5sums
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/wireshark-common.postinst
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/wireshark-common.shlibs
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/wireshark.list
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/wireshark.md5sums
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/wireshark.postinst
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/wireshark.postrm
> > /var/lib/menu-xdg/applications/menu-xdg/X-Debian-Applications-Network-Mon
> >it oring-wireshark.desktop
> > /var/tmp/kdecache-lisi/favicons/ask.wireshark.org_upfiles_wsicon-ask_.png
> > /var/tmp/kdecache-lisi/favicons/wiki.wireshark.org.png
> > /var/tmp/kdecache-lisi/favicons/wireshark.zing.org.png
> > /var/tmp/kdecache-lisi/favicons/wiresharkdownloads.riverbed.com.png
> > /var/tmp/kdecache-lisi/favicons/www.wireshark.org.png
> > Tux:/home/lisi#
> >
> > What would be a sensible way of proceding from here? Manually delete
> > them one by one? Or is there a simpler (=quicker) way??
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Lisi
>
> Replying to my own post: there are obviously some groups where several
> could be deleted at the same time with the help of *. Looked at that way
> it doen't seem so daunting!
>
> Sorry for the noise. :-(
You need to purge wireshark-common, that gets rid of all but your home entries.
Run 'updatedb' before locate :-)
--
Peace,
Greg
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