nginx package

Bedwell, Jordon jordon at envygeeks.com
Wed Feb 22 20:39:08 UTC 2012


On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Deni Bertović <deni at kset.org> wrote:
> I am on Ubuntu 11.10.
>
> Like i pointed out above. On a fresh install I do:
> 'apt-get install nginx'
>
> This install the necessary packages.
> After that i do:
> 'apt-get remove nginx'
>
> And it does not remove the other packages (nginx-full and -common)
> I then try:
> 'apt-get autoremove'
>
> And nothing happens. I fail to see how this is an issue with my system if
> it's a fresh install of Ubuntu.

You need to pass --purge or use purge to remove the currently being
uninstalled sub-packages.  autoremove is used to remove old remnants,
I use it with --purge to try and catch old packages at the same time
as removing the current package but you must always purge too.




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