"apt-get remove" don't remove the stuff?

howard chen howachen at gmail.com
Sat Nov 29 18:43:06 UTC 2008


Hello all,

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 2:35 AM, Mario Vukelic
<mario.vukelic at dantian.org> wrote:
>
> First of all, "apt-get remove" does indeed not delete *all* of the
> stuff: if leaves the configuration files installed, so that you can
> reinstall the application with your old config.

I have tried the followings:

sudo apt-get purge
sudo apt-get purge proftpd
sudo apt-get clean proftpd

Still can't get rib of proftpd in chkconfig.

Also, I have tried using 'rcconf', still showing proftpd, just wonder
why it is left ....

Thanks.




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