* http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkgtools.en.html
Check out the part about the `dpkg --purge foo` command. I've found that this is the only command on Debian that truly uninstalls a package. HTH! Tom Purl > Hi, > > I am an user of gvim on a Debian/testing. I mistakenly > deleted some > vim, gvim related directories like " /etc/vim, > /etc/gvim". After that, > > I was unable to run gvim. Whenever I run it , I always > get the vim > without gui. I tried reinstall vim-gnome by giving a > command "apt-get > install --reinstall vim-gnome" on a console. But no > success. It still > runs the vim without gui. > > and I also did: > "apt-get remove --purge vim-gnome vim-gtk" > "apt-get install vim-gtk" > "dpkg-reconfigure vim-gtk" > > I tried vim-gtk and other variants but no success > again. > > When I look inside the directory "/usr/bin" I see that > the vim.gtk and > vim.gnome is already there without any symbolic link. > When > I run them inside that directory, It still runs vim > without gui. > > It is most likely that I deleted some files related to > vim as mentioned above. I think the "apt-get" was > confused after that. The only > choice left is to compile it from the source. Goodbye > to apt-get for > gvim. > > Can somebody help to me? Without gvim, I feel myself > as an orphan. > > Thanks, > Ahmet > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >
