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VyusFire2014-10-24 12:41:13
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VyusFire, 2014-10-24 12:41:13

How to completely remove a package?

Hello.
How to remove a package so that after its removal there is no garbage left in the file system: configs, initialization scripts, temporary files, etc.
And one more thing - can this garbage prevent the reinstallation of the package?

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kolu4iy, 2014-10-24
@VyusFire

apt-get purge package

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akarin, 2014-10-24
@akarin

purge
autoremove

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Vladimir, 2014-10-24
@rostel

apt-get remove --purge name

for your package manager look for

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Vadim Kondakov, 2014-10-24
@SibWeb

Try like this:

sudo apt-get remove package

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Warfare Noise, 2014-11-26
@powerthrash

As an option
for Debian like distributions.

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