apt-get purge

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Mon, 1/5/09, Allen Meyers <texas.chef94 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Allen Meyers <texas.chef94 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: apt-get purge
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Monday, January 5, 2009, 10:58 AM
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Charlie Kravetz
> <cjk at teamcharliesangels.com>wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 11:00:26 -0500
> > "Alex Katebi" <alex.katebi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > What is the difference between apt-get purge,
> clean, and remove?
> > > Why when I try to remove a single package, apt
> removes a boat load of
> > > other packages but not the one I asked for.
> > > What am I doing wrong. I had done "apt-get
> install libreadline5-dev"
> > > then I did "apt-get purge
> libreadline5-dev". It removed many other
> > > packages for 30 minutes but not the libreadline5.
> Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > >  -Alex Katebi
> >
> > If you install "apt-dpkg-ref" package, it is
> a reference sheet that
> > tells you all the options and explains what they do. I
> have used it for
> > about three years now. If you print it, it is about 4
> pages
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > --
> > Charlie Kravetz
> > Linux Registered User Number 425914         
> [http://counter.li.org/]
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> >
> > Hey I welcomed that info myself, but tell me what I
> did wrong. I tried it
> > as is and with sudo and got same reply
> 
> allen at allen-desktop:~$ apt-dpkg-ref
> bash: apt-dpkg-ref: command not found
> allen at allen-desktop:~$ sudo apt-dpkg-ref
> [sudo] password for allen:
> sudo: apt-dpkg-ref: command not found
> allen at allen-desktop:~$
> 
> 
Hey Allen,
apt-dpkg-ref is not a command but a list of document
files that can be read with lynx(html files), less or zless, acroread
or kpdf.  Install them if they are not already.  Then do:

sudo updatedb  to update your locate db.
locate apt-dpkg-ref to see what is listed for the package in your OS.

Then use lynx, kpdf, acroread, less or zless to read the various 
documents for the info you seek.  In this case, there is no man page for
the package.  HTH.
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net