[cochiselinux] Re: [cochiselinux] [article] apt remove vs apt purge: What’s the Difference?

  • From: Rex Bouwense <clug.rexb@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: cochiselinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2022 08:43:19 -0700

Excellent.  For those of you that don't understand the difference, it is spelled out nicely here.  We were going to do a short presentation on this but all the information you need is in the article.  https://itsfoss.com/apt-remove/

Rex

On 11/23/22 12:39, Devi Garcia wrote:

To uninstall an application in the Ubuntu terminal, you can use:

sudo apt remove package_name

But in various forums, you may come across the suggestion to use the apt purge command for removing applications completely.

This leaves you confused because using apt purge is quite similar to apt remove:

sudo apt purge package_name

So, why are there two similar commands for removing packages? What’s the difference between the two? Let me explain it to you with a few examples.




apt remove vs apt purge: What's the Difference? itsfoss.com


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