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edited Apr 13, 2017 at 12:37

I found this answer this answer the simplest.

The following should do what you want:

aptitude purge \~c

This purges all packages with the c (package removed, configuration files still present) state flag. Flag documentation is here.

I found this answer the simplest.

The following should do what you want:

aptitude purge \~c

This purges all packages with the c (package removed, configuration files still present) state flag. Flag documentation is here.

I found this answer the simplest.

The following should do what you want:

aptitude purge \~c

This purges all packages with the c (package removed, configuration files still present) state flag. Flag documentation is here.

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created Mar 21, 2015 at 21:08

I found this answer the simplest.

The following should do what you want:

aptitude purge \~c

This purges all packages with the c (package removed, configuration files still present) state flag. Flag documentation is here.

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occurred Mar 21, 2015 at 21:08

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