Re: gEDA: Should a freshly installed geda behave like this?

[Magnus Danielson <cfmd@swipnet.se>]

From: "Charles Lepple" <clepple@ghz.cc>
Subject: Re: gEDA: Should a freshly installed geda behave like this?
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 17:22:53 -0400 (EDT)

> Magnus Danielson said:
> > ... which I should not have to do on a FRESH install (i.e. even /etc/gEDA
> > has been removed).
> 
> I'm no Debian expert, so this isn't authoritative in any way. However, I
> ran into some similar issues when trying to get the Fink packages working
> (Fink uses apt and dpkg internally).
> 
> There is a subtle difference between "remove" and "purge". "remove" will
> leave configuration file entries in the file database, and this seems to
> be true *even after* you remove the file itself. I get into the habit of
> purging packages after I remove them and verify that they are no longer
> needed.
> 
> > How is a FRESH install using Debian packages intended to be done? Also,
> > must I
> > use the above command for a fresh install but prior to allowing dselect
> > remove
> 
> In dselect, use the "_" key to purge (as opposed to "-"), then reinstall.
> 
> Disclaimer: I haven't actually used the Debian gEDA packages themselves.

You are correct. However, I cleaned out the config files myself. Having them
doesn't seem to help much thought.

Cheers,
Magnus