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

[Mario Vukelic]

On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 00:36 +1030, squareyes wrote:
> Should the syntax be --purge?
> 
> sudo apt-get --purge proftpd

Nope: 

NAME
apt-get - APT package handling utility -- command-line interface

SYNOPSIS
apt-get [-hvs] [-o=config string] [-c=file] {[update] | [upgrade]
| [dselect-upgrade] | [install pkg...] | [remove pkg...]
| [purge pkg...] | [source pkg...] | [build-dep pkg...]
| [check] | [clean] | [autoclean] | [autoremove]}