On Wednesday 28 September 2011 11:52:21 am Lisi wrote: > On Wednesday 28 September 2011 20:45:33 Lisi wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I am wanting to install the Wireshark tarball, preparatory to which I > > ran aptitude purge to clear the deb out, together with its config files. > > I then ran locate to find any files left so that I could remove them > > manually. I got this: > > > > Tux:/home/lisi# locate wireshark > > /etc/wireshark > > /etc/wireshark/init.lua > > /home/lisi/.opera/icons/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wireshark.org%2Ffavicon.png > > /home/lisi/.opera/icons/www.wireshark.org.idx > > /root/.wireshark > > /root/.wireshark/recent > > /usr/bin/wireshark > > /usr/lib/wireshark > > /usr/share/wireshark > > /usr/share/applications/wireshark-root.desktop > > /usr/share/applications/wireshark.desktop > > /usr/share/apps/kappfinder/apps/Internet/wireshark.desktop > > /usr/share/doc/wireshark > > /usr/share/doc/wireshark-common > > /usr/share/man/man1/wireshark.1.gz > > /usr/share/man/man4/wireshark-filter.4.gz > > /usr/share/menu/wireshark > > /usr/share/pixmaps/hi48-app-wireshark.png > > /var/cache/apt/archives/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny14_i386.deb > > /var/cache/apt/archives/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny14_i386.deb > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/wireshark-common.conffiles > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/wireshark-common.list > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/wireshark-common.md5sums > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/wireshark-common.postinst > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/wireshark-common.shlibs > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/wireshark.list > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/wireshark.md5sums > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/wireshark.postinst > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/wireshark.postrm > > /var/lib/menu-xdg/applications/menu-xdg/X-Debian-Applications-Network-Mon > >it oring-wireshark.desktop > > /var/tmp/kdecache-lisi/favicons/ask.wireshark.org_upfiles_wsicon-ask_.png > > /var/tmp/kdecache-lisi/favicons/wiki.wireshark.org.png > > /var/tmp/kdecache-lisi/favicons/wireshark.zing.org.png > > /var/tmp/kdecache-lisi/favicons/wiresharkdownloads.riverbed.com.png > > /var/tmp/kdecache-lisi/favicons/www.wireshark.org.png > > Tux:/home/lisi# > > > > What would be a sensible way of proceding from here? Manually delete > > them one by one? Or is there a simpler (=quicker) way?? > > > > Thanks, > > Lisi > > Replying to my own post: there are obviously some groups where several > could be deleted at the same time with the help of *. Looked at that way > it doen't seem so daunting! > > Sorry for the noise. :-(
You need to purge wireshark-common, that gets rid of all but your home entries. Run 'updatedb' before locate :-) -- Peace, Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201109281443.20497.gomadtr...@gci.net