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Re: Can status column be made to contain only ii?

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On 2019-07-15, Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net> wrote:
> Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> writes:
>
>> # grep RETT /etc/os-release
>> PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)"
>> # dpkg -l | grep '^ii' | wc -l
>> 867
>> # dpkg -l | grep -v '^ii' | wc -l
>> 136
>> # dpkg -l | grep '^rc' | wc -l
>> 125
>> # dpkg -l | egrep -v '^ii'|'^rc' | sort
>> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
>> |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
>> ic  xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:18.1.0-1 amd64        X.Org X server -- AMD/ATI Radeon display driver
>> ||/ Name                      Version    Architecture Description
>> ri  libtirpc3:amd64           1.1.4-0.4  amd64        transport-independent RPC library
>> ri  libtirpc-common           1.1.4-0.4  all          transport-independent RPC library - common files
>> | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
>>
>> Is it normal for non-iis not to be reduced to 0? How to get rid of the
>> numerous rcs?
>
> The rc state indicates that the package has been removed but
> configuration files remain.  You can review the list and purge these
> packages.
>
> I sometimes do this:
>
>   # apt purge $(dpkg -l | awk '$1 == "rc" {print $2}')
>

ALternatively,

	# aptitude purge ~c

-- 

Liam

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Can status column be made to contain only ii? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2019-07-15 04:30 +0200
  Re: Can status column be made to contain only ii? Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net> - 2019-07-15 05:30 +0200
    Re: Can status column be made to contain only ii? Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2019-07-26 10:30 +0200

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