.TH DPKG-PURGE 8 "2009-06-02" "Debian Project" "dlocate"
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.SH NAME
dpkg-purge - program to flag for purge a package or packages


.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.