how to *completely* remove a package from the cmd line?

[Basil Chupin]

On 10/08/2010 10:09, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>    more than once, i've wanted to remove every trace of an installed
> package, and i always thought that "purge" was the way to do it but
> even after i've done:
>
>    $ sudo apt-get purge<package>
>
> dpkg still sees it with a status of "rc".  if, however, i go into
> synaptic and mark it for complete removal and apply, then it's truly
> gone.  so what am i missing from the command line to get the same
> effect?
>
> rday
>    

Robert,

I have sent you a couple of private mails in the past several days and 
have had no response.

Is it because you didn't receive them or just don't want to "talk to me"?

BC


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