linuxgeek: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: How can I clean a PC when I want do delete a program.

Friday, April 26, 2013

[LINUX_Newbies] Re: How can I clean a PC when I want do delete a program.

--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "highskywhy@..." <highskywhy@...> wrote:
>
>
> Fr Apr 26 08:19:33 2013
> Good morning
> Question:
> How to delete a progamm in Linux.
> Example:
> sudo apt-get install evolution.
> OK.
> Then I destroyed something in evolution.
> I did a backup and this destroyed the directories.
> So I want to clean PC from evolution and then install again.
> sudo apt-get remove evolution.
> BUT
> after install again evolution
> there was the dirt from before.
> I think
> it is the same problem like windows.
> Linux is creating many files like registry and I have to clean them also.
> How can I clean a PC when I want do delete a program.
>
> I did it with terminal
> and also with gui.
>
> Regards
> Sophie
>

aptitude purge evolution

Word is to use aptitude today. Read it for yourself here:

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-uptodate.en.html

Note this line in particular:

"aptitude is the recommended package manager for Debian GNU/Linux systems."

apt-get is yesterday's utility so get with the times.