Vineet Kumar saw fit to inform me that: >* Rajesh Fowkar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010921 07:23]: >> Hi, >> >> Is there any way to remove all the packages at a stretch using apt or dpkg >> ? >> >> When we do apt-get remove the configuration files are retained. Now say I >> want to remove all these packges permenantly along with the configuration >> files, How to do that ? At present I am doing dpkg --purge <all the >> packages>. Is there any better way ? > >are you looking for something like this? > >dpkg --get-selections | awk '/deinstall/ { print $1 "\tpurge"}' | dpkg >--set-selections
Thanks Vineet. But this is just one part of it. Now packages are marked as pc instead of rc ( i.e. purge candidates ). Now how can I remove with one command all these packages ? Warm Regards -- Rajesh http://www.symonds.net/~rajesh/ ***** Powered By: Debian GNU/Linux : [Linux One Stanza Tip] From : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> LOST #018 -**< Sub : Console gibberish (#1) >**- To clear gibberish all over the screen (e.g. after cat of a compressed or binary file) : Method #1: Use ANSI escape sequence: $echo -e "\033c"