This doesn't work because helix is in the version number, not the package name (except for about 3 packages). The matching seems only to match the package name.
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Juergen Fiedler wrote: > apt-get takes regular expressions, so a 'apt-get --purge remove "helix*"' > should nuke everything that has the string 'helix' in its name. > Note that apt-get does a substring match with the package name, > so 'helix*' will be matched no matter where in the name it is. > Also note, that you need the quotes around 'helix*', so you the asterisk i > doesn't get eaten by bash. > > HTH, > j > > > On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 01:14:04PM -0500, Scott Patterson wrote: > > I'm interested in following the Woody releases of GNOME instead of Helix > > Code's. > > Problem is, how do I remove ALL the Helix Code packages. Seeing they all > > have > > "helix" in their package name, a simple script should easily do this. Too > > bad > > I'm not that familiar with dpkg and apt. Going manually through each > > package is > > not preferable! > > > > Scott > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
