Como solución a otro problema, me vi obligado a usar dpkg --remove para desinstalar un paquete. Sin embargo, después de hacer esto, el paquete aún aparece en dpkg -l :
[email protected]:/boot$ dpkg -l | grep linux-image-2
ii linux-image-2.6.32-30-server 2.6.32-30.59 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on x86
ii linux-image-2.6.32-31-server 2.6.32-31.61 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on x86
ii linux-image-2.6.32-32-server 2.6.32-32.62 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on x86
[email protected]:/boot$ sudo dpkg --remove linux-image-2.6.32-30-server
(Reading database ... 141902 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing linux-image-2.6.32-30-server ...
Running postrm hook script /usr/sbin/update-grub.
Generating grub.cfg ...
[...]
done
[email protected]:/boot$ dpkg -l | grep linux-image-2
rc linux-image-2.6.32-30-server 2.6.32-30.59 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on x86
ii linux-image-2.6.32-31-server 2.6.32-31.61 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on x86
ii linux-image-2.6.32-32-server 2.6.32-32.62 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on x86
[email protected]:/boot$ sudo apt-get --purge remove linux-image-2.6.32-30-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package linux-image-2.6.32-30-server is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
¿Cómo puedo 'limpiar la casa' para que dpkg-l ¿Ya no enumera estos paquetes antiguos e inexistentes?
Respuesta aceptada:
Ejecutar
sudo dpkg --purge <package>
o
sudo apt-get purge <package>
para desinstalar