On Fri, 2017-12-29 at 06:39 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 17:53:03 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > Uninstalled it, reinstalled it. > > > > Virtually always a waste of time. Linux isn't Windows. > > Not necessarily. For example take Ubuntu's apt. > > "Removing a package removes all packaged data, but leaves usually > small (modified) user configuration files behind, in case the > remove was an accident. Just issuing an installation request > for the accidentally removed package will restore its function as > before in that case. On the other hand you can get rid of > these leftovers by calling purge even on already removed packages. Note > that this does not affect any data or configuration stored > in your home directory." - > http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/zesty/man8/apt.8.html > > If an Ubuntu user should mess up a config in e.g. /etc, then > uninstalling a package using "purge" and after that installing it again > very well could solve an issue.
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