Re: apt-get: purging a package that has already been removed?

2004-03-02 Thread Graham Williams
Received Tue 02 Mar 2004 9:08pm +1100 from Adam Funk: > Sorry if this is a stupid question, but... > > Suppose foo has already been removed without the --purge option, and I > later want to purge it. > > # apt-get --purge remove foo > gives the error that foo is not installed and therefore takes

Re: apt-get: purging a package that has already been removed?

2004-03-02 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 09:46:18AM +, Adam Funk wrote: > but that seems silly. Is there a "correct" way to purge foo? Many. My favorite is just using dpkg --purge. - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : `. `'` proud D

Re: apt-get: purging a package that has already been removed?

2004-03-02 Thread Adam Funk
On Tuesday 02 March 2004 10:10, Adam Funk wrote: > Sorry if this is a stupid question, but... > > Suppose foo has already been removed without the --purge option, and I > later want to purge it. > > # apt-get --purge remove foo > gives the error that foo is not installed and therefore takes no >

Re: apt-get: purging a package that has already been removed?

2004-03-02 Thread Richard Lyons
On Tuesday 02 March 2004 10:46, Adam Funk wrote: > Sorry if this is a stupid question, but... > > Suppose foo has already been removed without the --purge option, and I > later want to purge it. > > # apt-get --purge remove foo > gives the error that foo is not installed and therefore takes no acti

Re: apt-get: purging a package that has already been removed?

2004-03-02 Thread Alexis Huxley
On 2004-03-02, Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry if this is a stupid question, but... > > Suppose foo has already been removed without the --purge option, and I > later want to purge it. > > # apt-get --purge remove foo > gives the error that foo is not installed and therefore takes no a

Re: apt-get: purging a package that has already been removed?

2004-03-02 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Adam Funk (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Sorry if this is a stupid question, but... > > Suppose foo has already been removed without the --purge option, and I > later want to purge it. > > # apt-get --purge remove foo > gives the error that foo is not installed and therefore takes no > ac

Re: apt-get: purging a package that has already been removed?

2004-03-02 Thread Florian Ernst
Hello Adam! On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 09:46:18AM +, Adam Funk wrote: > Suppose foo has already been removed without the --purge option, and I > later want to purge it. > > # apt-get --purge remove foo > gives the error that foo is not installed and therefore takes no action. > > I can work aro

Re: apt-get: purging a package that has already been removed?

2004-03-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 09:46:18AM +, Adam Funk wrote: > Suppose foo has already been removed without the --purge option, and I > later want to purge it. > > # apt-get --purge remove foo > gives the error that foo is not installed and therefore takes no action. > > I can work around this with

apt-get: purging a package that has already been removed?

2004-03-02 Thread Adam Funk
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but... Suppose foo has already been removed without the --purge option, and I later want to purge it. # apt-get --purge remove foo gives the error that foo is not installed and therefore takes no action. I can work around this with # apt-get install foo # apt-