On 2024-05-28 at 15:02, Marco Moock wrote: > Am 28.05.2024 um 20:38:46 Uhr schrieb Thomas Schmitt:
>> What does "[residual-config]" mean ? > > Packages include system-wide configuration files. If packages are > removed, this configuration will not be deleted. You need to purge > such packages to remove it. On brief analysis, it looks like this reflects the same status which is reported in the Status line of the output of 'dpkg -s PACKAGENAME' with the string "deinstall ok config-files". YMMV, but I find that intuitive enough: the package used to be installed, and isn't anymore, but its config files have been left behind. (Note that if you have the package installed from multiple architectures, you will apparently need to specify the arch qualifier suffix to the package name in order for the command to not error out.) I don't remember using that dpkg command very often, but I do remember seeing that string often enough in the past, so there are probably other commands which will also report it if applicable. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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