Author: Simon Capstick Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Removing a package installed by apt-get
Brian Chivers wrote: > I installed thttpd using apt-get then realised that the box already has
> apache on as part of another job that it does.
>
> I installed thttpd using
>
> apt-get install thttpd thttpd-utils
>
> I've tried to remove it using
>
> apt-get remove thttpd thttpd-utils
>
> and it reports that it's removed them but when I look there are still
> references to it in /etc/init.d/ and it's directory /etc/thttpd is still
> there.
>
> I've disabled it booting or not at startup but I thought apt-get remove
> would have nuked all references to it.
>
> Is there a better way to remove it ??
>
> Thanks
> Brian
>
