PKGS-7346 - Unpurged packages
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Description
How to solve
Packages which are removed, but still have some files left on the systems, are called unpurged packages. For example, a changed configuration file might not be deleted by the package manager, to ensure you don't loose your customizations. However if you intended to remove a package fully, an additional step is needed to clean those files. This is "purging" and can be done with the dpkg command.
Command
dpkg --purge
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