Remove all packages marked as rc by dpkg
Let’s see all the packages marked as rc by dpkg. Know more about the state rc. This state means that the configuration files are not yet removed. You can see how a single package can be removed. $ dpkg –list |grep “^rc” rc bsh 2.0b4-10ubuntu2 Java scripting environment (BeanShell) Versi rc devicekit-disks 007-2ubuntu6 abstraction for [...]
Purge packages using dpkg
dpkg can be used to install packages remove packages know the current status of packages When we decide to remove a package, we must be clear that we want to remove or purge a package. When we purge packages using dpkg, it removes not only the binaries but also the configuration files and the state [...]
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 [...]
What does pn correspond to in dpkg (–list)?
You can install packages using dpkg. dpkg is quite a useful command line tool. In addition to installing packages, dpkg also helps to remove packages and know the status of packages. While checking the status of packages using dpkg, you may come across the state rc. $ dpkg –list Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: [...]
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