dpkg: purge versus remove
dpkg can be used to install, remove and check the current state of a package. Every package contains the following components
- package binaries
- configuration files
dpkg has two options –remove and –purge. Both these options are used to remove package contents. But there is a significant difference between the two.’
dpkg –remove is used to remove the package binaries. But if there are configuration files, those will not be removed
$ dpkg --remove package_name
After removing the package, the state of the package becomes un or rc.
dpkg –purge is used to remove the package binaries and the configuration files.
$ dpkg --purge package_name
After removing the package, the state of the package becomes un or pn.
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