CentOS - remove package with configuration files

dlugasx · 12-04-2010, 10:38 AM

Hi Gurus,

I need an advice concerning rpm package.

How to remove package with his configuration files.

rpm -e doesnt delete any configuration files, is there any similar command to debians apt-get --purge ?

cheers

dlugasx

carltm · 12-04-2010, 11:58 AM

I recall that rpm will not delete any configuration file that has
been altered. So if you've changed any configuration, that file
will not be deleted by rpm.

One thing you can do is re-install the package and query to find
and remove all the configuration files, then erase the package.

rm -f `rpm -qc packagename`; rpm -e packagname

unSpawn · 12-04-2010, 02:01 PM

...another way would be to run 'rpm -qc packagename' before you remove it or run '( find /etc -type f -iname \*.conf -o -iname \*.config -o -iname \*.cfg 2>/dev/null | xargs rpm -qf ) | grep owned;' after (adjust filenames or extensions if necessary). BTW "not owned by a package" means no %{config} tag was used, not that the file is not vital for running some package. So be careful when removing things.