apt purge

Like apt remove but configuration files are deleted too.

apt purge
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 57 not upgraded.

apt purge
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Write error - write (28: No space left on device)
E: IO Error saving source cache
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

apt purge linux-headers-x.XX.x-XX-generic

Related commands

• apt install
• apt clean
• apt remove
• apt autoremove
• apt-mark

See also

• /run/
• APT: wajig, apt-cache, add-apt-repository PPA, apt [ install | remove |purge | show | list | changelog | update | upgrade], do-release-upgrade, apt-mark, apt full-upgrade, sources.list, APT Automatic updates, unattended-upgrade, apt-transport-https, apt-get update, /etc/apt/, /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades, /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/, /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades, apt-file, apt-utils