purge

[Chris Malton]

Hi,

Check the dot files for mythtv (~/.mythtv).

Mysql you can purge and it'll remove all the /etc/ stuff, but mysql data 
files live in /var/lib/mysql/, which it will refuse to remove.

Just my £0.02,

Chris


norman wrote:
>>> Please help me, I am going round in ever decreasing circles and I am
>>> afraid I will disappear soon. How do I remove all files relating to
>>> mythtv and mysql and please don't tell me to use synaptic? Synaptic
>>> seems to remove all the big stuff but there other bits and pieces
>>> lurking here and there I feel sure. 
>>>
>>> Norman
>> Were you perhaps a Windows user in a past life?  :)
> 
> How did you guess?
>> I'd do something like:
>>
>> dpkg -l | grep myth
>>
>> ...to get a list of mythtv packages and plugins and then I'd...
>>
>> sudo apt-get remove packagename --purge
>> sudo apt-get autoremove --purge
>>
>> I'm sure something similar would work for Mysql.
>>
>> Are you worried about leftover settings in Gnome or something?
> 
> What I want to do is to remove what I suspect is a broken installation
> and to re-install a fresh set of applications. The fact is that when I
> do this using synaptic, re-install afresh and start to set up, the
> settings from the previous installation are still there. Hence my
> concern.
> 
> Norman
> 
>