{"id":909,"date":"2018-10-19T00:36:22","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T00:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=909"},"modified":"2018-10-22T22:52:50","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T22:52:50","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-apt-get-remove-and-purge-and-autoremove-in-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2018\/10\/19\/what-is-the-difference-between-apt-get-remove-and-purge-and-autoremove-in-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"what is the difference between apt-get remove and purge and autoremove in ubuntu?"},"content":{"rendered":"

apt-get remove vs purge vs autoremove<\/h3>\n

Let’s explain this by taking wget package as the one to be removed.<\/p>\n

remove<\/p>\n

apt-get remove wget<\/p>\n

This removes the wget binaries, but it’s configuration files and installed dependencies will remain in the system.<\/p>\n

purge<\/p>\n

apt-get purge wget<\/p>\n

This removes the package as well as its configuration files. But the dependencies will remain in the system. However, configuration files in the home directory won’t get removed.<\/p>\n

This command is same as using –purge option with the above remove command.<\/p>\n

autoremove<\/p>\n

apt-get autoremove wget<\/p>\n

This will remove the package as well as its dependencies, if those dependencies aren’t used by other packages.<\/p>\n

apt-get autoremove<\/p>\n

If the package name is not specified with autoremove, it will remove all the unused dependencies in the system.<\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

apt-get remove vs purge vs autoremove Let’s explain this by taking wget package as the one to be removed. remove apt-get remove wget This removes the wget binaries, but it’s configuration files and installed dependencies will remain in the system. purge apt-get purge wget This removes the package as well as its configuration files. But … <\/p>\n

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