Cleaner for config files in /var/lib/dpkg/info

[Roman Horník]

If you remove DEB packages without "--purge" option, these packages remain configuration files in /var/lib/dpkg/info
These configuration files can be removed using the command:

# aptitude purge -y $(aptitude search '~c' | awk '{ print $2 }')

[Danilo Piazzalunga (danilopiazza)]

Removed but not purged DEB packages can be removed using:

aptitude -y purge '~c'

[Andrew Ziem (ahziem1)]

example output of " sudo aptitude -y -v -q -s purge '~c'"

[Andrew Ziem (ahziem1)]

1. Can anyone confirm that "sudo aptitude -y -v -q -s purge '~c'" frees more than 0 bytes of space after running "apt-get autoremove" (which BleachBit already supports)?

2. What is the difference between "purge '~c'" and "purge --purge-unused"?

[Danilo Piazzalunga (danilopiazza)]

When a Debian package is removed, its configuration files are
preserved. The 'purge' action removes configuration files, too, and
"aptitude purge '~c'" purges those packages which are removed but
whose configuration files were not.

[Andrew Ziem (ahziem1)]

If this need still exists, please file an issue in the new home for enhancement requests: https://github.com/bleachbit/wishlist