On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 10:46:58AM +0200, Torok Balint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Thank you everyone for the help I received. > > I have tried to install/purge the same applications with > aptitude on another computer and all went well. I conclude > that the problem came into existance becouse apt-get did not > purge the package dependencies along with the original > package. Apt-get tried to purge only the "original" package, > but left its dependencies intact.
Actually, aptitude won't purge the dependencies unless you pass the command-line argument --purge-unused. So your problem is just some packages that didn't get removed, not configuration files left behind. > Now the problem is there, how can I correct it? How can I > delete the leftover files? I should determine somehow what > where the demendencies, and purge them too with apt-get? > Would this delete the leftover files to? Easiest way to get rid of the leftover files is to run 'dpkg -S' on them and find out which package they belong to, then purge those packages. That doesn't guarantee you've got all the dependencies, though. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
