Re: Purge by Default

2015-04-04 Thread The Wanderer
On 04/03/2015 at 06:50 PM, Stephen R Guglielmo wrote: > Hi all, > > Is there a way to "--purge" by default when using apt-get or > aptitude? I often browse the apt repo and install various things I > find (mostly games) to discover it, then remove them in a few > hou

Re: Purge by Default

2015-04-04 Thread Bob Proulx
Stephen R Guglielmo wrote: > Is there a way to "--purge" by default when using apt-get or aptitude? > I often browse the apt repo and install various things I find (mostly > games) to discover it, then remove them in a few hours/days/weeks. I'm > afraid of leaving tons o

Re: Purge by Default

2015-04-03 Thread John Hasler
Stephen R Guglielmo wrote: > Is there a way to "--purge" by default when using apt-get or aptitude? You can put the command in /etc/apt/apt.conf. The syntax is really ugly, though. man apt.conf -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deb

Re: Purge by Default

2015-04-03 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 03 April 2015 23:50:19 Stephen R Guglielmo wrote: > Hi all, > > Is there a way to "--purge" by default when using apt-get or aptitude? > I often browse the apt repo and install various things I find (mostly > games) to discover it, then remove them in a few hours

Re: Purge by Default

2015-04-03 Thread Glenn English
On Apr 3, 2015, at 4:50 PM, Stephen R Guglielmo wrote: > Is there a way to "--purge" by default when using apt-get or aptitude? How about a little shell script? -- Glenn English -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "uns

Purge by Default

2015-04-03 Thread Stephen R Guglielmo
Hi all, Is there a way to "--purge" by default when using apt-get or aptitude? I often browse the apt repo and install various things I find (mostly games) to discover it, then remove them in a few hours/days/weeks. I'm afraid of leaving tons of config files laying on my system.