"apt-get remove" don't remove the stuff?

[Chris Mohler]

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Chris Mohler <cr33dog at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 12:43 PM, howard chen <howachen at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 2:35 AM, Mario Vukelic
>> <mario.vukelic at dantian.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> First of all, "apt-get remove" does indeed not delete *all* of the
>>> stuff: if leaves the configuration files installed, so that you can
>>> reinstall the application with your old config.
>>
>> I have tried the followings:
>>
>> sudo apt-get purge
>> sudo apt-get purge proftpd
>> sudo apt-get clean proftpd
>>
>> Still can't get rib of proftpd in chkconfig.
>>
>> Also, I have tried using 'rcconf', still showing proftpd, just wonder
>> why it is left ....
>
> Howard,
>
> Proftpd seems to be split into several packages.   After 'apt-get
> install proftpd' and 'apt-get remove proftpd', this message appears:
> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
>  proftpd-basic proftpd-mod-pgsql proftpd-mod-mysql proftpd-mod-ldap
> Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
>
> 'proftpd-basic' provides the init scripts, among other things.
>
> Try:
> sudo apt-get purge proftpd-*
>
> Or this will show you what proftpd packages are currently installed:
> aptitude search proftpd | grep ^i

Oh, and "apt-get autoremove"  should work also ;)

Chris