Hi,

I've tried to remove some unwanted packages via 'apt-get remove', after this
packages are shown as "rc" at 'dpkg -l' so I tried to 'dpkg --purge'. Now
they are shown as "pc" - now way to remove them completely.

How can I remove this completely?


Another: some packages were "hold" but now I want them normal "ii". How to
unhold a package? I've read about 'aptitude unhold' but this does not work.

regards

Ronny

On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 08:59:01 +0200, Ronny Seffner
<ronny@seffner.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've tried to remove some unwanted packages via 'apt-get remove', after this
> packages are shown as "rc" at 'dpkg -l' so I tried to 'dpkg --purge'. Now
> they are shown as "pc" - now way to remove them completely.
>
> How can I remove this completely?
>
>
> Another: some packages were "hold" but now I want them normal "ii". How to
> unhold a package? I've read about 'aptitude unhold' but this does not
work.
>
"aptitude install" should work. I usually run aptitude in the
interactive mode, press "=" to hold a package and "+" to mark it for
installation.


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