Re: [Hampshire] Removing a package installed by apt-get

On Tue, May 8, 2007 at 09:13:32 +0100 (+0100), Brian Chivers wrote:
> john lewis wrote:
> >On Fri, 04 May 2007 14:03:55 +0100
> >Brian Chivers <brian@???> wrote:
> >
> >>Is there a better way to remove it ??
> >
> >try apt-get --purge package name
> >
> >that should remove the config files
> >
> >PS I'd use aptitude purge so am not sure if I have the syntax
> >correct for apt-get
> >
>
> Thanks guys that did the job, just had to remove some log files that got
> left behind because they'd be rotated so I guess "apt" didn't know about
> them.

I'd say that was a minor bug in the packaging personally. Purge
should remove all trace of the app. I might take exception for say a
database where an additional "are you _really_ sure" option is nice.

Adrian