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Man Page: dpkg-purge

Operating Environment: debian

Section: 8

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)
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dpkg-reconfigure(8) - osf1
dpkg-reconfigure(8) - v7
dpkg-reconfigure(8) - freebsd
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