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| Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote Re: 'Remove' does not actually remove data (until later) | #1 |
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Thanks for this report, Julien, and sorry for the slow response.
I've discussed this further with Michael. The package data is cached for a good reason, in case you uninstalled the package by mistake and want to reinstall it. However, it should be easier to remove extra files if you are low on disk space. In that case, it doesn't particularly matter what kind of files they are.
So I've expanded the proposed "Show Residual Settings" command (to show files that would have been deleted by an apt-get purge, but weren't deleted by an apt-get remove) to a "Show Residual Files" command that also shows cached packages. So you could delete files of either or both kinds at once. <https:/