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Questions about purge or clean remove of applications, kernels, services, etc.

Purge is like remove as it's used to remove/delete/uninstall applications, kernels, services, etc., but with added feature of cleaner removal with deletion of related configuration files of the concerned.

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How do you completely purge an installed aplication?

Possible Duplicate: What is the correct way to completely remove an application? I installed UltraEditor (uex package) from a source I can't remember. Later I purged the installation with: aptitude purge uex The application disappeared but its…
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How to purge eXist-db from Ubuntu 16.04?

I've uninstalled eXists-db (through the uninstall.jar file) and the system tray icon keeps appearing when switching work spaces. How can I purge any remains of the program?
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apt-get -f install error

My apologies...I'm new...but I seem to be running in circles with trying to do a number of things. Problem #1 apt-get -f install is returning with Errors were encountered while processing: …
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How do you purge a manual install completely?

When I install have needed to install packages manually by running ./program or make or whatever. I (unsurprisingly) cannot purge such programs using apt-purge to get rid of them. I want to know how to do it. Even if it is only a long winded…
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purging a program

I recently installed SDL2 and want to purge all of it from my system. I know there's a million different libraries scattered all over the system. anyway I can just uninstall everything without searching everywhere and pulling all kinds of files.
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After removing Ubuntu Builder there is still folder in home directory. Why? How to remove it?

I removed Ubuntu Builder using Synaptic with option Mark for Complete Removal. I thought that gonna delete folder (made by Ubuntu Builder) in home dir, but it's not. AFAIK Mark for Complete Removal is same as Purging, and that should delete all…
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