Mike Bird composed on 2019-07-14 19:28 (UTC-0700): > Felix Miata wrote: >> Is it normal for non-iis not to be reduced to 0? How to get rid of the >> numerous rcs? > dpkg --purge ... # dpkg -l | grep '^rc' | wc -l 125 # dpkg --purge ... dpkg: error: --purge needs a valid package name but '...' is not: illegal package name in specifier '...': must start with an alphanumeric character Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*]; Use 'apt' or 'aptitude' for user-friendly package management; Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values; Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options; Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files; Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through 'less' or 'more' ! # Surely there must be a way that doesn't involve finding and typing 125 package names. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/