6.19 Wajig Removing Packages
Once a package is installed you can remove it with remove:
You can list multiple packages to remove with the one command.
A remove will not remove configuration files (in case you have done some configuration of the package and later re-install the package). To get rid of the configuation files as well use purge:
Packages are often installed indirectly because they are a dependency for another package. If that other package gets removed, these dependent packages remain. The -, auto, remove command will remove those packages that were not directly installed, and are no longer required:
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