debian man page for dpkg-purge

DPKG-PURGE(8)							      dlocate							     DPKG-PURGE(8)

NAME
       dpkg-purge - program to flag for purge a package or packages

SYNOPSIS
       dpkg-purge [PACKAGE...]

DESCRIPTION
       dpkg-purge marks package(s) to be purged.

       It achieves this by running `dpkg --set-selections' and piping in the package name(s) followed by `purge'.

       NOTE:  this  program  does not install, remove, purge any package. it ONLY sets the status of the package. Any actual removal or purging is
       done the next time dselect, apt-get, aptitude, etc are run.

SEE ALSO
       dpkg(1), dpkg-hold(1), dpkg-unhold(1), dpkg-remove(1)

AUTHOR
       dpkg-purge was written Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>. dpkg-purge is Free Software placed in the public domain.

Debian Project							    2009-06-02							     DPKG-PURGE(8)