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aleskva
Asked: 2015-03-08 09:02:53 +0800 CST

How to remove configuration files of package without its reinstallation

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I want to remove configuration files of a package (the system one at least), but avoid reinstalling the package because of its size. Basically I want to do this

sudo apt-get purge my-gigabyte-package
sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
sudo apt-get install my-gigabyte-package

but without reinstalling the package. I tried

sudo apt-get --purge install my-gigabyte-package
sudo apt-get --purge upgrade my-gigabyte-package
sudo apt-get --purge -f install my-gigabyte-package
sudo apt-get --purge --reinstall install my-gigabyte-package
sudo apt-get --purge check my-gigabyte-package

but as expected none of them worked.

Is there any option, how to achieve this?

14.04

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Finally I just backuped extension list and I'll make clean installation. But if there will be any better solution, please write it here for next generations. Thanks

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