[gentoo-user] completely removing a program

[gentoo-user] completely removing a program

[Nick Smith]

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sorry for the simple question.
how can i completely remove a program and have it get rid of the conf files
and any other temp files it leaves around? i want to start from scratch with
some programs and dont want to have to manually search and remove those
files.
TIA
Nick

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Re: [gentoo-user] completely removing a program

[Petteri Räty]

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Nick Smith wrote:
> sorry for the simple question.
> how can i completely remove a program and have it get rid of the conf
> files and any other temp files it leaves around? i want to start from
> scratch with some programs and dont want to have to manually search and
> remove those files.
> TIA
> Nick

CONFIG_PROTECT="-*" emerge -C <pkg>

Just don't come complaining about deleted files. That would still leave
generated files around. You can use something like
http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Clean_Up_Cruft to clean out tmp files.
Nothing Gentoo supported exists for the task you want I think.

Regards,
Petteri

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