Re: help in purging old packages

[lina <lina.lastname@gmail.com>]

I used to

:/usr/lib$ ls -1 | sort

and used eyes to pick up these packages to purge.


On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 12:23 AM, Comer Duncan <comer.duncan@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a situation in which I am running wheezy 7.7 and for various reasons
> now want to purge all packages which for some reason are still present from
> etch, lenny, and squeeze.  What I would like to know is how can I purge all
> such packages using dpkg?  I can not seem to find how to select just those
> old packages for purging. Can those who know about this please help?
>
> Thanks.