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How To Completely Remove A Package On Ubuntu / Debian By apt-get
Article By samantha
This is a quick post to completely remove package on Ubuntu by apt-get command.Apt-get (Advanced Packaging Tool ) is a command line tool to manage the packages on Ubuntu / Debian system.
Replace package-name with the package name which you want to remove.
Replace package-name with the package name which you want to remove.
Tags: ubuntu, debian, apt-get, Package, remore, remove package
Remove the package on Ubuntu/Debian
Generally remove is the option used with apt-get command. But it do not remove the config files associated with the removed package.Replace package-name with the package name which you want to remove.
apt-get remove package-name
Completely Remove the package on Ubuntu/Debian
To completely remove the package along with config files but not dependencies.Replace package-name with the package name which you want to remove.
sudo apt-get --purge remove package-name
Tags: ubuntu, debian, apt-get, Package, remore, remove package
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