On 2019-07-15, Kushal Kumaran <kus...@locationd.net> wrote:
> Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> writes:
>
>> # grep RETT /etc/os-release
>> PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)"
>> # dpkg -l | grep '^ii' | wc -l
>> 867
>> # dpkg -l | grep -v '^ii' | wc -l
>> 136
>> # dpkg -l | grep '^rc' | wc -l
>> 125
>> # dpkg -l | egrep -v '^ii'|'^rc' | sort
>> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
>> |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
>> ic xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:18.1.0-1 amd64 X.Org X server --
>> AMD/ATI Radeon display driver
>> ||/ Name Version Architecture Description
>> ri libtirpc3:amd64 1.1.4-0.4 amd64 transport-independent
>> RPC library
>> ri libtirpc-common 1.1.4-0.4 all transport-independent
>> RPC library - common files
>> |
>> Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
>>
>> Is it normal for non-iis not to be reduced to 0? How to get rid of the
>> numerous rcs?
>
> The rc state indicates that the package has been removed but
> configuration files remain. You can review the list and purge these
> packages.
>
> I sometimes do this:
>
> # apt purge $(dpkg -l | awk '$1 == "rc" {print $2}')
>
ALternatively,
# aptitude purge ~c
--
Liam
