On Sunday 14 July 2019 20:02:27 Felix Miata wrote: > Mike Bird composed on 2019-07-14 19:28 (UTC-0700): > > Felix Miata wrote: > >> Is it normal for non-iis not to be reduced to 0? How to get rid of the > >> numerous rcs? > > > > dpkg --purge ... > > # dpkg -l | grep '^rc' | wc -l > 125 > # dpkg --purge ... > dpkg: error: --purge needs a valid package name but '...' is not: illegal > package name in specifier '...': must start with an alphanumeric character > > Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*]; > Use 'apt' or 'aptitude' for user-friendly package management; > Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values; > Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options; > Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files; > > Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through 'less' or > 'more' ! # > > Surely there must be a way that doesn't involve finding and typing 125 > package names. I generally install from saved packages (rather than waiting for downloads, or worrying about why servers are down, etc.); so there *is* a way, sort of, but I don't see how it could be adapted to work for you ... because, because ... When I install, I use the command sudo dpkg -i -E -G /media/<location>/*.deb but I want to install all packages in a selected folder. To purge, the reverse ought to work, of course, at least in theory: sudo dpkg --purge /media/<location>/*.deb but you need some way to limit the choices available, without listing all 125 pkgs. Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
