On Tuesday 02 March 2004 10:46, Adam Funk wrote: > Sorry if this is a stupid question, but... > > Suppose foo has already been removed without the --purge option, and I > later want to purge it. > > # apt-get --purge remove foo > gives the error that foo is not installed and therefore takes no action. > > I can work around this with > # apt-get install foo > # apt-get --purge remove foo > but that seems silly. Is there a "correct" way to purge foo?
aptitude seems happy enough to purge previously removed packages. -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
