apt-get remove package-name & config files

robbbert · 04-20-2006, 04:54 PM

In Synaptic (Ubuntu's software manager), there's the option "Mark for Complete Removal"; I suppose, this would include the config files, too, as well as any other influences (like scripts) the application had issued to the system.

Stating,

Quote:

apt-get --help

- opposed to Synaptic's option mentioned above - there doesn't seem to be an option to remove scripts and config files, too.

- How can a program be completely removed using "apt-get", including the configuration settings it provides the Linux system with?

Thanks

pljvaldez · 04-20-2006, 04:55 PM

apt-get remove --purge filename

robbbert · 04-20-2006, 05:33 PM

Thank you, I've tested it, and it works.
I should have read the man page, not only "apt-get --help", shouldn't I.