Were Intrepid updates the reason I lost my sound on the Intrepid partition?

[Steven Vollom]

On Monday 23 February 2009 01:41:57 Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> Steven Vollom wrote:
> > On Monday 23 February 2009 00:44:56 Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> >> Dotan Cohen wrote:
> >>> That won't help in Linux like it does in Windows, because in Linux
> >>> there is separation between user files (your settings, such as mute)
> >>> and the program's runtime files. This is partly a security feature,
> >>> and partly because *nix was designed as a multi-user OS. Instead of
> >>> reinstalling, try removing the configuration files for broken apps.
> >>
> >> Well, that's what remove --purge is for.
> >>
> >> Matt Flaschen
> >
> > Perhaps, but I don't know when or how to apply --purge.
>
> See man apt-get , and look at the --purge option.
>
> Matt Flaschen
Dear Matt,

If I wanted to purge Dragon Player, would I type the command this way:

sudo purge dragon

When I read purge in the man apt-get, it was a simple line that said you 
delete an item.  Thoroughly I suspect, but just delete it.  Did I read that 
correctly?  Where do I find instruction how to word the command for purging 
something?

Steven