apt-get purge

[ubudog]

What does apt-get purge do? I know apt-get remove, removes an application, but what does apt-get purge do? Thanks :)

[pedro3005]

Completely removes an application. Not sure of the difference between purge and remove, maybe someone can enlighten us.

[ubudog]

I believe it removes the files too. I removed a game via apt-get remove but the config files and all the game files were still there. I believe apt-get purge removes all those files. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. ;)

[philcamlin]

I believe it removes the files too. I removed a game via apt-get remove but the config files and all the game files were still there. I believe apt-get purge removes all those files. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. ;)

yes your right purge removes the config files and the whole application etc while remove just remove the application :popcorn:

[ubudog]

yes your right purge removes the config files and the whole application etc while remove just remove the application :popcorn:

Ok. Thanks for the help! That solves my question :D

[Wataru8675]

yes your right purge removes the config files and the whole application etc while remove just remove the application :popcorn:
So if you were to use apt-get purge on a program like Wine...would it remove Wine and everything that runs on Wine (i.e. webcam software, several games, Quicktime, etc.)?

[philcamlin]

So if you were to use apt-get purge on a program like Wine...would it remove Wine and everything that runs on Wine (i.e. webcam software, several games, Quicktime, etc.)?i believe so :popcorn:

[ubudog]

i believe so :popcorn:

Thanks everyone! :D

[credobyte]

So if you were to use apt-get purge on a program like Wine...would it remove Wine and everything that runs on Wine (i.e. webcam software, several games, Quicktime, etc.)?

Personally, purge didn't worked for Wine ( a few custom locations of wine files can be found at http://www.nyutech.com/2009/03/how-to-install-and-completely-remove.html ).

[bodhi.zazen]

From : http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/jaunty/man8/apt-get.8.html



purge
purge is identical to remove except that packages are removed and
purged (any configuration files are deleted too).

In English this means the config files in /etc are removed, but the config files in $HOME are not. So in the case of wine , ~/.wine would not be removed by apt-get --purge .

In practice not everything is completely purged with the purge option. The data in a data base (postgresql / mysql) is not removed for example.

[ubudog]

From : http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/jaunty/man8/apt-get.8.html



In English this means the config files in /etc are removed, but the config files in $HOME are not. So in the case of wine , ~/.wine would not be removed by apt-get --purge .

In practice not everything is completely purged with the purge option. The data in a data base (postgresql / mysql) is not removed for example.

Thank you Bodhi, that explains everything to me. Thanks so much everyone! :)