nginx package

Scott Kitterman ubuntu at kitterman.com
Wed Feb 22 20:41:15 UTC 2012


On Wednesday, February 22, 2012 02:39:08 PM Bedwell, Jordon wrote:
> 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.

No.  That isn't what purge does at all.

Scott K




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