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.TH DPKG-PURGE 8 "2009-06-02" "Debian Project" "dlocate"
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.SH NAME
dpkg-purge - mark packages for purge
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dpkg-purge
.RI [ PACKAGE .\|.\|.]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
.B 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.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBdpkg\fP(1),
\fBdpkg-hold\fP(1),
\fBdpkg-unhold\fP(1),
\fBdpkg-remove\fP(1)
.SH AUTHOR
dpkg-purge was written Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>. dpkg-purge is Free Software placed in the public domain.
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