On Wed 08 Mar 2017 at 13:34:08 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 03/08/2017 12:32 PM, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > >On 3/8/17, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote:
[Lots of snipping to get to to the heart of the question] > >>What is the most effective way to completely remove an application? > > [More snipping] > >purge > > purge is identical to remove except that packages are removed and > > purged (any configuration files are deleted too). [And even more] > You got me looking at man-apt get. Good thinking. You will have re-acquainted yourself with the purge option and seen it is a complete answer to your query. > It reminded me that I should clean my cache between test runs from a > repeatability perspective. It might explain some warning [rather than error] > messages I've gotten. I'm doing peculiar things, why shouldn't I get > peculiar messages. "clean my cache"? Is this something to do with personal hygiene? Please elaborate.