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

[Chris Mohler]

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 12:43 PM, howard chen <howachen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 ....

Howard,

Proftpd seems to be split into several packages.   After 'apt-get
install proftpd' and 'apt-get remove proftpd', this message appears:
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  proftpd-basic proftpd-mod-pgsql proftpd-mod-mysql proftpd-mod-ldap
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.

'proftpd-basic' provides the init scripts, among other things.

Try:
sudo apt-get purge proftpd-*

Or this will show you what proftpd packages are currently installed:
aptitude search proftpd | grep ^i

Chris