Man page - dpkg-purge(8)

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dpkg-purge

NAME
SYNOPSIS
WARNING
DESCRIPTION
SEE ALSO

NAME

dpkg-purge - mark packages for purge

SYNOPSIS

dpkg-purge [ package ...]

WARNING

This command is deprecated , and will be removed during in Debian forky, use "dpkg --set-selections" or "apt-mark" instead.

DESCRIPTION

dpkg-purge marks package(s) to be purged.

It achieves this by running "dpkg --set-selections" and piping in the package name(s) followed by purge .

NOTE: This program does not install, remove, purge any package. It ONLY sets the status of the package. Any actual removal or purging is done the next time dselect , apt-get , aptitude , etc are run.