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

[howard chen]

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 2:48 AM, Chris Mohler <cr33dog at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
> Try:
> sudo apt-get install proftpd
> sudo apt-get purge proftpd
>
> IIRC I ran into a similar situation a long time ago - "purge" would
> not take any action b/c the package was already "removed".
>

So does it mean when I want to remove package from system, I should
always use purge instead of remove?