Re: [Hampshire] Removing a package installed by apt-get

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Author: Dave Walker
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Removing a package installed by apt-get

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On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 14:03 +0100, Brian Chivers wrote:
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> I've tried to remove it using
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> apt-get remove thttpd thttpd-utils
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> and it reports that it's removed them but when I look there are still references to it in

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apt-get remove --purge thttpd thttpd-utils

The purge option *should* remove all the references. If it doesn't -
it's a bug in the packaging and should be reported.