How to completely remove an application as well as the configuration files?

[Carlos Alberto Alves]

Ashley Benton wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to install apache2, php5, and my sql and I messed up 
> somewhere. Apache was working but stopped when I tried to use ssl. After 
> hours of trying to find where I messed up I wanted to remove apache2 and 
> reinstall it. My problem is sudo apt-get remove apache2 then sudo 
> apt-get install apache2 reinstall apache 2 like it was and doesn't 
> delete my configuration files. I tried sudo apt-get purge apache 2 but 
> apache 2 is still here the way I configured it. What could I do to 
> completely uninstall apache2 and reinstall it with its original 
> configuration files?
> By doing ls -l I found some file like that :"books~" I am guessing that 
> some files that were saved after a crash but I don't know how to open 
> them. They should be in my home directory but are not (or at least I 
> can't see them) How can I open them and delete them? I tried lost+found 
> but it wasn't there neither.
> Your help would be appreciated
> Thank you
> Meg
> 

Try dpkg -P {package}.
HTH,
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