Re: question about a .deb file

From	David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: question about a .deb file
Date	2021-12-10 06:10 +0100
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On Fri 10 Dec 2021 at 05:49:06 (+0100), john doe wrote:
> On 12/9/2021 8:55 AM, Tim Woodall wrote:
> > On Wed, 8 Dec 2021, john doe wrote:
> > > On 12/8/2021 10:16 AM, Piper H wrote:
> > > > Thanks, I'll check them out. :)
> > > 
> > > My suggestion would be to do the following commands:
> > > $ apt-get --autoremove purge mysql-connector-java
> > 
> > Does that work or is it a typo? I've always used:
> > 
> > apt-get autoremove --purge
> 
> $ apt-get autoremove --purge
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Reading state information... Done
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> [snip]
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 31 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> After this operation, 1018 MB disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
> $ apt-get purge --autoremove
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Reading state information... Done
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> [snip]
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 31 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> After this operation, 1018 MB disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] ^C
> $ apt-get --autoremove purge
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Reading state information... Done
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> [snip]
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 31 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> After this operation, 1018 MB disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
> $ apt-get --help
> apt 2.3.13 (amd64)
> Usage: apt-get [options] command
>        apt-get [options] install|remove pkg1 [pkg2 ...]
>        apt-get [options] source pkg1 [pkg2 ...]
> [snip]
> 
> 
> Specifying options before the command looks to be more man page compliant...

… and the man page also shows that purge and autoremove
happen to be both commands and options (as is reinstall).

Cheers,
David.

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question about a .deb file Piper H <potthua@gmail.com> - 2021-12-08 09:30 +0100
  Re: question about a .deb file Stanislav Vlasov <stanislav.v.v@gmail.com> - 2021-12-08 09:40 +0100
    Re: question about a .deb file Piper H <potthua@gmail.com> - 2021-12-08 10:20 +0100
      Re: question about a .deb file john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2021-12-08 10:30 +0100
        Re: question about a .deb file Tim Woodall <debianuser@woodall.me.uk> - 2021-12-09 09:00 +0100
          Re: question about a .deb file john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2021-12-10 05:50 +0100
            Re: question about a .deb file David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-12-10 06:10 +0100
            Re: question about a .deb file Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2021-12-10 06:50 +0100
              Re: question about a .deb file David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-12-10 07:10 +0100
  Re: question about a .deb file David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2021-12-08 11:30 +0100
    Re: question about a .deb file Piper H <potthua@gmail.com> - 2021-12-08 11:50 +0100

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