The command that removed lots of packages and broke my system was:<br><br>apt-get remove libreadline5-dev<br><br>What happened to me does not make any sense.<br>Is there any way to tell apt-get to sync packages to the Untuntu 8.10?<br>
<br><br> <br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Derek Broughton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:derek@pointerstop.ca">derek@pointerstop.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">Alex Katebi wrote:<br>
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> Hi,<br>
><br>
> What is the difference between apt-get purge, clean, and remove?<br>
> Why when I try to remove a single package, apt removes a boat load of<br>
> other packages but not the one I asked for.<br>
> What am I doing wrong. I had done "apt-get install libreadline5-dev" then<br>
> I did "apt-get purge libreadline5-dev". It removed many other packages for<br>
> 30 minutes but not the libreadline5. Any ideas?<br>
<br>
</div></div>Er.... it wouldn't do that without first telling you what you were going to<br>
remove and giving you a chance to say NO. (and btw, purging libreadline5-<br>
dev _wouldn't_ remove libreadline5, they're different - and you wouldn't<br>
normally need the -dev package).<br>
<br>
Purge and remove are essentially the same, except that remove leaves config<br>
files behind. You'll never even notice what clean does - it just cleans out<br>
the archive of already installed packages.<br>
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