unwanted software

norman norman at littletank.org
Sat May 19 10:06:22 UTC 2007


On Sat, 2007-05-19 at 11:30 +0200, Mario Vukelic wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-05-19 at 10:18 +0100, norman wrote:
> > What should I do to get the removal I want
> > please? 
> 
> In Synaptic, got the menu File|History. There you will find, sorted by
> day, a complete history of the changes that were made to the installed
> packages. Note the relevant changes down somewhere, then search for the
> packages. Rightclick each package and select "Mark for complete
> removal" (this is equivalent to "apt-get purge package", that is, all
> traces of the package, including config files, are removed)

This does not happen which is why I asked the question. Synaptic refuses
to allow the packages in question to be marked for complete removal.

Norman





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