What is the Difference Between `apt-get purge` and `apt-get remove`?
Is there any difference between
sudo apt-get purge <package-name>
and
sudo apt-get remove <package-name>
?
I often see people recommend one or the other.
In other words, what does apt-get purge remove that apt-get remove doesn't?
apt uninstall
asked Dec 21 '12 at 23:13
Seth♦Seth
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Is there any difference between
sudo apt-get purge <package-name>
and
sudo apt-get remove <package-name>
?
I often see people recommend one or the other.
In other words, what does apt-get purge remove that apt-get remove doesn't?
apt uninstall
asked Dec 21 '12 at 23:13
Seth♦Seth
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Related (sinceaptis similar, but an alternative to,apt-get): askubuntu.com/questions/936810/apt-remove-vs-purge
– michael
Sep 19 '18 at 19:21
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Is there any difference between
sudo apt-get purge <package-name>
and
sudo apt-get remove <package-name>
?
I often see people recommend one or the other.
In other words, what does apt-get purge remove that apt-get remove doesn't?
apt uninstall
asked Dec 21 '12 at 23:13
Seth♦Seth
34.3k26110162
Is there any difference between
sudo apt-get purge <package-name>
and
sudo apt-get remove <package-name>
?
I often see people recommend one or the other.
In other words, what does apt-get purge remove that apt-get remove doesn't?
apt uninstall
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Related (sinceaptis similar, but an alternative to,apt-get): askubuntu.com/questions/936810/apt-remove-vs-purge
– michael
Sep 19 '18 at 19:21
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Related (sinceaptis similar, but an alternative to,apt-get): askubuntu.com/questions/936810/apt-remove-vs-purge
– michael
Sep 19 '18 at 19:21
Related (since
apt is similar, but an alternative to, apt-get): askubuntu.com/questions/936810/apt-remove-vs-purge– michael
Sep 19 '18 at 19:21
Related (since
apt is similar, but an alternative to, apt-get): askubuntu.com/questions/936810/apt-remove-vs-purge– michael
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As the man apt-get page says:
remove - remove is identical to install except that packages are removed instead of installed. Note that removing a package leaves its configuration files on the system. If a plus sign is appended to the package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be installed instead of removed.
purge - purge is identical to remove except that packages are removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted too).
This of course, does not apply to packages that hold configuration files inside the user's home folder (eg: /home/SexyNoJutsuUser), this files will not be touched ( Why does "Purge" not remove everything related to an app? )
So for example, if you were to remove Chrome, Firefox, XBMC or any other that holds some configuration files inside your /home folder, this files will stay there.
On the other hand if you were to install apache, squid, mysql or any other services similar that save their files in /etc, this configuration files will be deleted if you use purge.
edited Jan 25 at 2:04
Pablo Bianchi
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answered Dec 21 '12 at 23:21
Luis Alvarado♦Luis Alvarado
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Purge can be used on a meta package to remove it, while leaving the underlying package intact. If you want to upgrade the base system without affecting postgres, you can apt-get purge the postgres meta package and then upgrading from Debian 7- Debian 8 will leave your postgres version untouched.
– boatcoder
Jul 7 '16 at 14:33
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An excerpt from my answer on another question:
apt-get remove packagename
will remove the binaries, but not the configuration or data files of the packagepackagename.
apt-get purge packagename, orapt-get remove --purge packagename
will remove about everything regarding the package
packagename, [...]
Particularly useful
when you want to 'start all over' with an application because you
messed up the configuration.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
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answered Dec 21 '12 at 23:18
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apt-get purge removes configuration files, while apt-get remove does not.
edited Jul 17 '17 at 10:30
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answered Dec 21 '12 at 23:19
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As the man apt-get page says:
remove - remove is identical to install except that packages are removed instead of installed. Note that removing a package leaves its configuration files on the system. If a plus sign is appended to the package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be installed instead of removed.
purge - purge is identical to remove except that packages are removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted too).
This of course, does not apply to packages that hold configuration files inside the user's home folder (eg: /home/SexyNoJutsuUser), this files will not be touched ( Why does "Purge" not remove everything related to an app? )
So for example, if you were to remove Chrome, Firefox, XBMC or any other that holds some configuration files inside your /home folder, this files will stay there.
On the other hand if you were to install apache, squid, mysql or any other services similar that save their files in /etc, this configuration files will be deleted if you use purge.
edited Jan 25 at 2:04
Pablo Bianchi
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answered Dec 21 '12 at 23:21
Luis Alvarado♦Luis Alvarado
145k135485653
Purge can be used on a meta package to remove it, while leaving the underlying package intact. If you want to upgrade the base system without affecting postgres, you can apt-get purge the postgres meta package and then upgrading from Debian 7- Debian 8 will leave your postgres version untouched.
– boatcoder
Jul 7 '16 at 14:33
add a comment |
As the man apt-get page says:
remove - remove is identical to install except that packages are removed instead of installed. Note that removing a package leaves its configuration files on the system. If a plus sign is appended to the package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be installed instead of removed.
purge - purge is identical to remove except that packages are removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted too).
This of course, does not apply to packages that hold configuration files inside the user's home folder (eg: /home/SexyNoJutsuUser), this files will not be touched ( Why does "Purge" not remove everything related to an app? )
So for example, if you were to remove Chrome, Firefox, XBMC or any other that holds some configuration files inside your /home folder, this files will stay there.
On the other hand if you were to install apache, squid, mysql or any other services similar that save their files in /etc, this configuration files will be deleted if you use purge.
edited Jan 25 at 2:04
Pablo Bianchi
2,4851532
answered Dec 21 '12 at 23:21
Luis Alvarado♦Luis Alvarado
145k135485653
Purge can be used on a meta package to remove it, while leaving the underlying package intact. If you want to upgrade the base system without affecting postgres, you can apt-get purge the postgres meta package and then upgrading from Debian 7- Debian 8 will leave your postgres version untouched.
– boatcoder
Jul 7 '16 at 14:33
add a comment |
As the man apt-get page says:
remove - remove is identical to install except that packages are removed instead of installed. Note that removing a package leaves its configuration files on the system. If a plus sign is appended to the package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be installed instead of removed.
purge - purge is identical to remove except that packages are removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted too).
This of course, does not apply to packages that hold configuration files inside the user's home folder (eg: /home/SexyNoJutsuUser), this files will not be touched ( Why does "Purge" not remove everything related to an app? )
So for example, if you were to remove Chrome, Firefox, XBMC or any other that holds some configuration files inside your /home folder, this files will stay there.
On the other hand if you were to install apache, squid, mysql or any other services similar that save their files in /etc, this configuration files will be deleted if you use purge.
edited Jan 25 at 2:04
Pablo Bianchi
2,4851532
answered Dec 21 '12 at 23:21
Luis Alvarado♦Luis Alvarado
145k135485653
As the man apt-get page says:
remove - remove is identical to install except that packages are removed instead of installed. Note that removing a package leaves its configuration files on the system. If a plus sign is appended to the package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be installed instead of removed.
purge - purge is identical to remove except that packages are removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted too).
This of course, does not apply to packages that hold configuration files inside the user's home folder (eg: /home/SexyNoJutsuUser), this files will not be touched ( Why does "Purge" not remove everything related to an app? )
So for example, if you were to remove Chrome, Firefox, XBMC or any other that holds some configuration files inside your /home folder, this files will stay there.
On the other hand if you were to install apache, squid, mysql or any other services similar that save their files in /etc, this configuration files will be deleted if you use purge.
edited Jan 25 at 2:04
Pablo Bianchi
2,4851532
answered Dec 21 '12 at 23:21
Luis Alvarado♦Luis Alvarado
145k135485653
edited Jan 25 at 2:04
Pablo Bianchi
2,4851532
edited Jan 25 at 2:04
Pablo Bianchi
2,4851532
edited Jan 25 at 2:04
Pablo Bianchi
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2,4851532
answered Dec 21 '12 at 23:21
Luis Alvarado♦Luis Alvarado
145k135485653
answered Dec 21 '12 at 23:21
Luis Alvarado♦Luis Alvarado
145k135485653
answered Dec 21 '12 at 23:21
Luis Alvarado♦Luis Alvarado
145k135485653
145k135485653
Purge can be used on a meta package to remove it, while leaving the underlying package intact. If you want to upgrade the base system without affecting postgres, you can apt-get purge the postgres meta package and then upgrading from Debian 7- Debian 8 will leave your postgres version untouched.
– boatcoder
Jul 7 '16 at 14:33
add a comment |
Purge can be used on a meta package to remove it, while leaving the underlying package intact. If you want to upgrade the base system without affecting postgres, you can apt-get purge the postgres meta package and then upgrading from Debian 7- Debian 8 will leave your postgres version untouched.
– boatcoder
Jul 7 '16 at 14:33
Purge can be used on a meta package to remove it, while leaving the underlying package intact. If you want to upgrade the base system without affecting postgres, you can apt-get purge the postgres meta package and then upgrading from Debian 7- Debian 8 will leave your postgres version untouched.
– boatcoder
Jul 7 '16 at 14:33
Purge can be used on a meta package to remove it, while leaving the underlying package intact. If you want to upgrade the base system without affecting postgres, you can apt-get purge the postgres meta package and then upgrading from Debian 7- Debian 8 will leave your postgres version untouched.
– boatcoder
Jul 7 '16 at 14:33
add a comment |
An excerpt from my answer on another question:
apt-get remove packagename
will remove the binaries, but not the configuration or data files of the packagepackagename.
apt-get purge packagename, orapt-get remove --purge packagename
will remove about everything regarding the package
packagename, [...]
Particularly useful
when you want to 'start all over' with an application because you
messed up the configuration.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
Community♦
1
answered Dec 21 '12 at 23:18
gertvdijkgertvdijk
50.5k18142238
add a comment |
An excerpt from my answer on another question:
apt-get remove packagename
will remove the binaries, but not the configuration or data files of the packagepackagename.
apt-get purge packagename, orapt-get remove --purge packagename
will remove about everything regarding the package
packagename, [...]
Particularly useful
when you want to 'start all over' with an application because you
messed up the configuration.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
Community♦
1
answered Dec 21 '12 at 23:18
gertvdijkgertvdijk
50.5k18142238
add a comment |
An excerpt from my answer on another question:
apt-get remove packagename
will remove the binaries, but not the configuration or data files of the packagepackagename.
apt-get purge packagename, orapt-get remove --purge packagename
will remove about everything regarding the package
packagename, [...]
Particularly useful
when you want to 'start all over' with an application because you
messed up the configuration.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
Community♦
1
answered Dec 21 '12 at 23:18
gertvdijkgertvdijk
50.5k18142238
An excerpt from my answer on another question:
apt-get remove packagename
will remove the binaries, but not the configuration or data files of the packagepackagename.
apt-get purge packagename, orapt-get remove --purge packagename
will remove about everything regarding the package
packagename, [...]
Particularly useful
when you want to 'start all over' with an application because you
messed up the configuration.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
Community♦
1
answered Dec 21 '12 at 23:18
gertvdijkgertvdijk
50.5k18142238
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
Community♦
1
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
Community♦
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edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
Community♦
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1
answered Dec 21 '12 at 23:18
gertvdijkgertvdijk
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answered Dec 21 '12 at 23:18
gertvdijkgertvdijk
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answered Dec 21 '12 at 23:18
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apt-get purge removes configuration files, while apt-get remove does not.
edited Jul 17 '17 at 10:30
d a i s y
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answered Dec 21 '12 at 23:19
moon.musickmoon.musick
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apt-get purge removes configuration files, while apt-get remove does not.
edited Jul 17 '17 at 10:30
d a i s y
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answered Dec 21 '12 at 23:19
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apt-get purge removes configuration files, while apt-get remove does not.
edited Jul 17 '17 at 10:30
d a i s y
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answered Dec 21 '12 at 23:19
moon.musickmoon.musick
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apt-get purge removes configuration files, while apt-get remove does not.
edited Jul 17 '17 at 10:30
d a i s y
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answered Dec 21 '12 at 23:19
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d a i s y
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d a i s y
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d a i s y
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answered Dec 21 '12 at 23:19
moon.musickmoon.musick
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Related (since
aptis similar, but an alternative to,apt-get): askubuntu.com/questions/936810/apt-remove-vs-purge– michael
Sep 19 '18 at 19:21